Excitement is growing around Kaleidophone, who have already been championed as ‘one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the South East in the last decade’. Their debut album is out now, and they are set to ensure that bands that play their own instruments stay firmly in the spotlight.
‘Goggle Box’ sees Kaleidphone mixing disco drum beats, spiky guitars and deep, fuzzy bass to create a familiar and fun first track to their debut album, ‘What’s Your Tonic?’. Adding in some emotive string and synth parts, this song builds charmingly and is a promising start to an album for anyone in need of their fix of indie electro guitar music.
‘Mr. Palava’ is a playful and poppy track, with a catchy chorus and equally catchy instrumental parts. This is a different vocal performance to the first track, giving a grittier tone and speaking of everyday experiences with observational lyrics, suggesting that this band may feel right at home along side other British guitar bands of the early 21st century.
Third number ‘Wrecking Ball’ is a gentler offering, both vocally and instrumentally, bubbling up and down throughout its 4-and-a-half minutes. Using some airy and sweeping sounds makes for a track with a little more interest and depth to it than the previous tracks, while ‘Collecting Insults’ is showered in rhythmic and echoing guitar hooks.
‘Write To Me’ is a joyous synth-layered track about wanting to receive a love letter rather than an email or text, as it is more meaningful. This upbeat track contrasts well with sixth song ‘I Will Wake’, which drifts in calmly and uses some interesting rhythms and melodies and a chorus comparable to something Elbow may have imagined.
‘Blow Over’ is an unexpected acoustic song, and is a welcome release from upbeat and exciting indie rock/pop. Hinting at where the roots of these songs came from, this stripped back track is an intimate glimpse in to the singer-songwriter side of Kaleidophone. Water Ice follows suit with another acoustic track with some nu-folk influences.
Penultimate track ‘An Assault’ is easily a sing-along song with simple lyrics and an outro which cold easily transfer to be anthemic live, before ending with the short, sharp punchy number ‘Hometown’, complete with some impressive drumming and a chorus that will definitely find it’s way into your head and get stuck there.
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‘Goggle Box’ sees Kaleidphone mixing disco drum beats, spiky guitars and deep, fuzzy bass to create a familiar and fun first track to their debut album, ‘What’s Your Tonic?’. Adding in some emotive string and synth parts, this song builds charmingly and is a promising start to an album for anyone in need of their fix of indie electro guitar music. 
