At some point in the second half of 2009, this bearded and monochromatic Glaswegian quartet gained a K. After all, Cassidy sounds a bit like Casiokids for folkies, whereas Kassidy sounds more like Casiokids for folkies in Russia. Which is cool. Also, if read backwards, it kind of resembles Why This Sack, obviously a Rastafarian reference to the unemployment rate in the current economical climate. Obviously.
Which is why Kassidy, with or without a K, is your new favourite band, even though they have preciously little in common with Nordic synthpop, and, in all probability, no clue what the current unemployment rate is at.
What they do know, however, is how to construct quadruple-harmonic folkpop tunes that stomp their way through farmhouses and cottonfields without a care in the world. Finding constituent parts in handclaps and acoustic guitars, they centre it around an omnipresent, industrial bass drum (and by that I mean the kind that makes your feet trample right through the carpet), before adding their exquisite harmonies.
Their label have them tipped as becoming "enormous" this year, which is a bit of a stretch, but keep an eye out for them on the festival circuit, where they will be in their prime. Don't know how to find them? Just keep an eye out for girls shouting their name into a camera. With or without a K.
File under: Band Of Horses, Fleet Foxes.
The Rubbegum EP is out February 8. Their debut album will be released later this year, produced by Jim Abbiss (Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys)
11:18 AM | 02/02/2010
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