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Kinematic's recently released second album, The 38th Parallel, is available from iTunes, click here:
Kinematic - the science of pure motion.
Kinematic formed in 2000 after the dissolution of two Melbourne indie scene stalwarts, Snorkel and Aspirin.
Described as "affably challenging" and "clever, classy pop", Kinematic have been receiving rave reviews here and overseas since the release of their debut album Time & Place. After some extensive play on community radio around the country, they launched Time & Place at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne in 2005.
Kinematic’s second album, The 38th Parallel, will be released on May 1 through Somersault Music. The 38th Parallel is the latitudinal line that runs through the band's hometown of Melbourne, Australia - on the other side of the equator, The 38th Parallel marks the border between North and South Korea, often referred to as a flashpoint during the cold war. The new album promises more of Kinematic’s penchant for melancholic melody, but with an even darker twist. It traverses the array of musical styles that Kinematic love to plunder - be it Cash-tinged country or Sparklehorse-like trashy power pop - while always maintaining their unique sensibility for simple, stripped-back and singable pop tunes.
Review of the new album, 'The 38th Parallel':
“…Their 2nd Album The 38th Parallel, is a beautifully constructed, impossible not to adore, wonderfully eccentric record, unlike anything you've ever heard before: simultaneously radio friendly and challenging, catchy and resonant. Which must be an extraordinarily difficult thing to achieve.”
Tony McMahon, Inpress Magazine,Reviews of Kinematic and the debut album, 'Time & Place':
"The moody minor-key operettas of Elliott Smith meet the shuffling sound of a Calexico in this Australian group's compositions. It's exactly what indie pop should be: affably challenging, wounded but not whiny, and jammed with hooks that have more charm than sugar."
Editor's Review, music.download.com, March 2007
"This is a really good record, packed with fine, melancholic pieces of pop." ..."
Jeff Jenkins, InPress Magazine, September 2005 :
"...a classic indie rock album"
John Kruczek, Indie Spin Zone, March 2006
"... their songs reflect a street-level worldliness that is stories away from Coldplay. Like Muse without the bombast, Kinematic show a breadth of style and complexity that is seldom achieved while attempting to write actual songs. With 'Time and Place', Kinematic have produced an assured and mature debut ..."
Luke McKay, Beat Magazine, October 2005
Live Review:
"Kinematic were extraordinary. One of the top three bands I have seen at the Indie Initiative. A four piece with great three part harmonies. Acoustic guitar and acoustic bass, electric guitar and drums. Brilliant songs that swept me down to the front. Touches of Teenage Fan Club and other bands I couldn't name, but they added their own touches. You must see or hear this band."