Name: Losing / Glassy Eyes
Brand: Kite

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DAIS227C2

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Clear

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Extended format: Yes

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-05-17

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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683950557666

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Clear 7"

Artist

Kite

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

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Dais

Dais Records is an independent American record label founded by Gibby Miller and Ryan Martin in 2007. Based in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York, Dais Records operates as a genre-agnostic label with a focus on experimental and avant-garde music. The label represents both emerging and established active artists while also curating rare and out of print material for reissue projects. Dais Records exclusively distributes its releases through Secretly Distribution.

Kite is a Swedish synth pop band known for their unique sound and captivating performances. With influences from various genres, their music combines catchy melodies with electronic beats to create a truly immersive experience.
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Whether you're a fan of synth pop or simply looking for something new and exciting to listen to,*Kite* is sure to leave you wanting more. Don't miss out on the opportunity to experience their electrifying music firsthand!

Swedish synth-pop phenomenon Kite’s second 7 inch since signing with Dais in 2023 finds the duo of Nicklas Stenemo and Christian Hutchinson Berg swinging for new heights of romantic desolation and baroque grandeur. They describe the A Side, “Losing,” as a “six-minute empty call for emotional response.” Stately piano and anguished voice reverberate in a vaulted hall, before gradually building into a widescreen anthem of synths, drums, and soaring vocals decrying the steady deadening of life and love: “It’s deadly quiet in your old heart / Are you there? / I see dark skies on the rise / And daylight shows no remorse / And I realize it is my life / But It’s losing all meaning.” Swedish dark music icons Anna von Hausswolff and Henric de la Cour join the chorus as the song cascades towards an ominous horizon.

The B Side, “Glassy Eyes,” showcases Kite’s mastery of somber, sweeping balladry. Hushed church organ elevates and anchors Stenemo’s devastated confessional, swaying between resilience and defeat. The band describes the song as a reckoning with “the privileged and existential anxiety of drifting through life dispassionately,” contrasted with “the yearning to connect profoundly with others and a desire for experiences that stir the soul before facing one’s final moments.” Like a hymn, the emotion thickens as it deepens, approaching both darkness and divinity: “Deep as I go, nothing to find / Oh catatonia, I won’t cry / Nothing can grow, everything dies / Behind my glassy eyes.”

Losing / Glassy Eyes

Music GB

Discover Losing / Glassy Eyes by Kite on Dais. Swedish synth-pop duo delivers romantic desolation & baroque grandeur in this exclusive vinyl release.