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| Musicomh |
 You're teetering on the precipice and, for a moment, you're sure you'll fall headlong. But just as your balance shifts over the void, and your windmilling arms have all but given up, a gust of wind gives you just enough of a push to set you back on right footing. That moment - somewhere between the emotional extremes of despair and sudden, miraculous reconciliation-with-the-world fantastic - has a soundtrack.Sleep Mountain, the second long-player from The Kissaway Trail, finds the Danish quintet embracing the more sweeping aspects of rock 'n' roll emotional grandeur. And, in large part, they succeed marvellously. Sleep Mountain is the sort of record that makes a good band great, and given their current trajectory, The Kissaway Trail have set their sights on becoming all but iconic. Sleep Mountain is all loping arena beats, washing ambient noises, biting guitars and church bells. Lead vocalist Thomas Fagerlund is a cross between Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil and Arcade Fire's Win Butler. He often comes off with a scruffy charm and a whispered mix of bravado and frantic longing. And with Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, The Twilight Sad) producing, the achieved effect is often sublime in its intricate interplay between broad strokes and microcosmic detail....full text |
| Nme |
| Crikey. Grandiose church bells, ‘Keep The Car Running’-esque riffs, multi-part harmonies… and all in the first track? It’s clear from opener ‘SDP’ that Danish epic-popsters The Kissaway Trail ain’t doing it by halves second time around. But rather than ending up a bombastic mess, ‘Sleep Mountain’ knows that the devil is in the detail. ‘Friendly Fire’ gently woozes its way into slow-burning crescendo without ever sinking into excess, while the Flaming Lips-isms of ‘New Year’ revel in percussive flourishes and mammoth vocal scores, but with the knack of knowing just how far to push it. Centre it all around a heartbreaking cover of Neil Young’s ‘Philadelphia’ and the result is nothing short of stunning....full text |
| Bbc |
| It’s been three years since The Kissaway Trail’s beguiling eponymous debut, and in that time the Danes have simplified their sound. Maturity has focused their vision, and this is both good and… not bad as such, just a shame. Sleep Mountain shimmers throughout. The quintet has gone for big, they’ve gone for anthemic, and they’ve pulled it off. Perhaps touring with Editors has made a difference – there’s certainly a streamlined feel to this album, and a cohesion, that the band’s debut lacked. It could well push them on to Editors-sized sales and stages. But this isn’t so much a new sound as a tweak of the old, taking the sky-scraping, dream-like moments of Smother + Evil = Hurt and filling them out. To a large degree, this change must be down to producer Peter Katis, the man responsible for making Interpol, The Twilight Sad and The National reverberate in widescreen. Indeed, once you start listening for his influence, Sleep Mountain comes across like a sibling to The National’s Boxer. For the first time, The Kissaway Trail’s rhythm section comes alive, and Rune Pedersen (bass) and Hasse Mydtskov (drums) clearly love every minute of it, infusing Sleep Mountain with richness and muscle....full text |
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