Lina
30-12-2006, 12:02 PM
Zitilites is the fourth album released in 2003 by the hugely popular Danish band, Kashmir. Well, hugely popular in Denmark at least! Whilst I am working my way through the back catalogue of Kashmirs recordings and have also recently purchased their new, much anticipated album No Balance Palace (complete with Bowie and Lou Reed appearances) my heart will always belong to Zitilites.
Zitilites is an album a friend put on one day whilst I was visiting his Fitzroy apartment. He insisted I listen to this band as he'd just seen them perform live in Melbourne. He'd been on a date at the time and had no idea who this band was. Kashmir got up on stage and he said immediately his date and the venue disappeared. He just could not believe that such a band existed and he hadn't heard them before. I was intruiged but not overly impressed. Nevertheless I borrowed his CD and listened to it a few times by myself. The next day I scrounged around Melbourne until I found my own copy. I was totally and utterly hooked.
Much comparison has been made between Kashmir's Kasper Eistrup and Radiohead's Thom Yorke and it's true, the singers do sound quite alike. But after you listen to Zitilites a few times you really see Kasper as a very different and brilliant vocalist in his own right.
Kashmir are not a young band, they've been around for a very long time and it shows in the craftsmanship of their songs. Each of the tracks on Zitilites has the ability to push and lift and bring to heights I have rarely experienced from one album. The songs 'The Aftermath' and 'In the Sand' can move me almost to tears. And I've listened to this album a lot!
Zitilites showcases 14 songs that switch from rock and pop but always maintain such beauty and a real ethereal quality. I would heartily recommend visiting http://www.kashmir.dk/discography/zitilites/ and listening to snippets from the album. 'Rocket Brothers' was a huge hit (in Denmark) and whilst the whole album is sumptious I'd recommend listening to 'The Aftermath', 'Melpomene', 'Petite Machine' (as one reviewer (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=852) put it "(this song)...makes you wanna grab your heart" and 'In the Sand'. If you want a real experience put on 'Surfing the Warm Industry' and play it as loud as the neighbours can stand it. Absolutely brilliant.
Zitilites is an album a friend put on one day whilst I was visiting his Fitzroy apartment. He insisted I listen to this band as he'd just seen them perform live in Melbourne. He'd been on a date at the time and had no idea who this band was. Kashmir got up on stage and he said immediately his date and the venue disappeared. He just could not believe that such a band existed and he hadn't heard them before. I was intruiged but not overly impressed. Nevertheless I borrowed his CD and listened to it a few times by myself. The next day I scrounged around Melbourne until I found my own copy. I was totally and utterly hooked.
Much comparison has been made between Kashmir's Kasper Eistrup and Radiohead's Thom Yorke and it's true, the singers do sound quite alike. But after you listen to Zitilites a few times you really see Kasper as a very different and brilliant vocalist in his own right.
Kashmir are not a young band, they've been around for a very long time and it shows in the craftsmanship of their songs. Each of the tracks on Zitilites has the ability to push and lift and bring to heights I have rarely experienced from one album. The songs 'The Aftermath' and 'In the Sand' can move me almost to tears. And I've listened to this album a lot!
Zitilites showcases 14 songs that switch from rock and pop but always maintain such beauty and a real ethereal quality. I would heartily recommend visiting http://www.kashmir.dk/discography/zitilites/ and listening to snippets from the album. 'Rocket Brothers' was a huge hit (in Denmark) and whilst the whole album is sumptious I'd recommend listening to 'The Aftermath', 'Melpomene', 'Petite Machine' (as one reviewer (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=852) put it "(this song)...makes you wanna grab your heart" and 'In the Sand'. If you want a real experience put on 'Surfing the Warm Industry' and play it as loud as the neighbours can stand it. Absolutely brilliant.