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2004's Found Sound on Pitchfork:
http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/05-01-24-found-sound.shtml
Kayo Dot: Choirs of the Eye [Tzadik; 2003]
Exotic even for Tzadik, Boston's Kayo Dot combines the proficiency of a chamber ensemble and the vulnerability of barely-hushed folk, with the math-borne power of art metal-- in a group whose touring ensemble includes two Asian violinists dressed in school girl costume and white denim, respectively. Horns and strings gild the acoustic sections of their music, a pastoral psychedelic sound that's akin to Ghost, while singer (and Yusef Lateef student) Toby Driver has even drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley. But from fragile starts their songs build with the inevitability of tides, to crash in waves of noise and screaming ecstasy. --Chris Dahlen
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2004's Found Sound on Pitchfork:
http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/05-01-24-found-sound.shtml
Kayo Dot: Choirs of the Eye [Tzadik; 2003]
Exotic even for Tzadik, Boston's Kayo Dot combines the proficiency of a chamber ensemble and the vulnerability of barely-hushed folk, with the math-borne power of art metal-- in a group whose touring ensemble includes two Asian violinists dressed in school girl costume and white denim, respectively. Horns and strings gild the acoustic sections of their music, a pastoral psychedelic sound that's akin to Ghost, while singer (and Yusef Lateef student) Toby Driver has even drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley. But from fragile starts their songs build with the inevitability of tides, to crash in waves of noise and screaming ecstasy. --Chris Dahlen
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