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Kittyhawk, by Santa Dog (CD on Quince)

Cover art for Kittyhawk by Santa Dog Description: Japanese CD on Quince Records
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Format: CD
Label: Quince
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Rating: happy This record left our Maggie feeling happy.

Now Santa Dog which is a girl fronted pop band with imagination and melody sensibilities. Out on Quince records it carries the name Kittyhawk and sounds very cheeky indeed. Some really cool jangly guitar work. Think Camera Obscura, The Sundays, The Cardigans..... Yeah all them twee swing ya ra-ra skirt bands... Pretty pop.

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Santa Dog play sparkly, sassy, summer-soaked pop with chiming guitars and a sinister perimeter. Think Blondie going two rounds with the Smiths on the edge of a cliff with a stiff breeze whipping up skirts and causing mischief and you're still nowhere near capturing the band's distinctive sound and uniquely English charm.

The band self-released 3 EPs in 2005/06. With no budget for manufacturing, press or PR, the band instead made short CDr batches with handprinted sleeves and sent copies and MP3s to bloggers, and fanzines that they liked all over the world. This grassroots approach resulted in a whole new fanbase and the EPs went as far and wide as Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Canada, USA, Germany & Austria. Radio play followed, first internet stations, a feature on NPR, followed by BBC Radio 1, XFM, Kerrang and college campus radio in the USA & Canada.

The band were approached by Quince Records (Japan) at the end of 2006 who offered to release their debut album and SoundsXPerience (London) offered to release the debut single, resulting in a welcome reprieve from having to print, cut out and stick together any more handmade CDs for the time being.

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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