Kelvox1 are a three-piece from Cambridge. According to the helpful press release sent along with Grazed Red, James, Tom and David use ’synths, sampler, voice, guitar, bass ‘and other useful objects that happen to be at hand.’ Honest to God, I swear some of these appear to sound like scissors being er, scissored…
This is a two-track album, featuring one twelve minute song ‘Hanged Man’, and one twenty minute song ‘Stephen – Grazed Red.’ With less than twenty-four hours to go til the album comes out as I write this review, I’m still scratching my head. Not because I don’t like it – I do, very much so – but every time I play it, something else reveals itself.
Certainly, I can see that Kelvox1 could be labelled Post-rock, and they’ve more of an experimental edge to them, than some post-rock acts who simply seem to be trying to play classical music, without sounding like, say, Sky. But without giving up completely and just relying on a thesaurus to write this review, it’s a charmingly experimental post-rock album which reveals a little bit more with each listen. Okay?
More than okay to these ears, mind you…