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Engine · 07-12-2009, 10:09 AM

Thanks to your review I have been listening to the album for a couple days and enjoying it quite a bit. I love the Hydra Head label -- rather, I really really like the stuff that I like on it but a lot of the catalog doesn't grab me. This is the first listen I've listened to Kayo Dot and I'm finding them highly exciting. I love the 'jazz' feel and that only happens when a band knows what they're doing.

I am hearing a lot of stuff (mostly in the vocal melodies) that remind me of the old (defunct?) Hydra Head band, Mare. Is there a connection?

Edit: Encyclopaedia Metallum tells me that no members of Kayo Dot had anything to do with Mare.

07-12-2009, 10:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	Thanks to your review I have been listening to the album for a couple days and enjoying it quite a bit. I love the Hydra Head label -- rather, I really really like the stuff that I like on it but a lot of the catalog doesn't grab me. This is the first listen I've listened to Kayo Dot and I'm finding them highly exciting. I love the 'jazz' feel and that only happens when a band knows what they're doing. I am hearing a lot of stuff (mostly in the vocal melodies) that remind me of the old (defunct?) Hydra Head band, Mare. Is there a connection? Edit: Encyclopaedia Metallum tells me that no members of Kayo Dot had anything to do with Mare. Last edited by Engine; 07-12-2009 at 10:30 AM.