Kisses will perform May 17 in the Constellation Room
Pop project Kisses will be performing live at Orange County’s Observatory Friday, May 17.
During their spring and summer tour, Los Angeles-based Kisses will be promoting their new LP, “Kids in LA,” due out May 14. The duo features vocalist/multiinstrumentalist, Jesse Kivel, and keyboardist, Zinzi Edmundson.
“Kids In LA” was recorded over a year and a half and produced by Saint Etienne’s Pete Wiggs and Tim Laracombe. Lyrically, the album’s theme has not departed from the playful and frothy frivolity of the first record.
“Kids in LA” consists of a loose narrative, which follows teenage friends and classmates in Bel Air, exploring the overblown emotions and distinct chiasmic boredom of privileged high schoolers. Their lavish parties and a general disregard for others ultimately leave our cast of misanthropes in a wash of insular social interactions and hazy banality.
“Kids in LA” deviates slightly from their first full-length album, “The Heart of the Nightlife,” featuring booming drum machines with a late 80s style rhythm.
“Paired with lightly-effected guitars and warm analog keyboards, the mood is distinct: cold and anxious, yet rich, inviting, and melodic,” said Gloria Lee at Force Field PR.
The show will take place in the Constellation Room of the Observatory. Tickets are $10 and open to all ages. Doors open at 8 p.m.
For more information on Kisses and their upcoming tour dates visit http://kisses.bandcamp.com/releases