MBR-038: Kissing Booth "Perfecto" Much like Death Grips, Kissing Booth spent much of the past ten months laying low while quietly sculpting their latest piece of work. "Perfecto", the newest full-length project from Athens resident lovebirds (/dogs) Patrick Brick aka Futo and Erin Lovett aka Four Eyes, was originally released at the tail end of 2014 - but now, we have a limited run of cassettes available via the Teen Sleuth webstore! Together, Brick & Lovett make music that examines love and mortality, the known and unknown with a sort of muted (and twee) curiosity. Tellingly, Kissing Booth sounds and feels very comfortable.
Kissing Booth also sounds full and completely like Kissing Booth - which is to say, with Perfecto, Kissing Booth have effectively carved out their own sound and identity separate from each of its players’ respective solo projects. The overall sound is stark but very warm; the instrumentals feel stripped down but are liable to accumulate layers of depth throughout a listen without ever making a gaudy show of it all - no doubt, ample sessions booked at Jesse Mangum’s local hotspot Glow Recording Studio helped add some breadth to these delicate, intricate arrangements. It’s understated but fully effective - Lovett and Brick make the most of this added musical headroom to ruminate on grander ideas of human relations and worldly troubles. In spite of this, the release leaves a hopeful impression, as if the two find a very practical strength in the creative bond they’ve quietly forged over the past couple of years. Much like Death Grips. What you should take from all of this is: Kissing Booth is exactly like Death Grips, whom they blared at their "final show" last summer while Lovett & Brick chipped the floorpaint of the Georgia Theatre rooftop with axes (they were kindly asked to never return) and pronounced themselves "dead", never to return. It only makes sense that they'd mark their inevitable return with their strongest effort yet - PERFECTO! Listen to it here, and click the picture (above) to BUY A CASSETTE (limited ed: 20) from Teen Sleuth Cassettes. >> https://kissingboothlovesyou.bandcamp.com/album/perfecto
