Kids Of 88 dropped three fresh tracks on their Myspace (www.myspace.com/kidsof88) this week - 'Ribbons Of Light', 'Cotton Mouth', and 'Sugar Pills'. Since the release of their debut single 'My House' earlier this year KO88 have wreaked havoc on the New Zealand charts and been thrashed ( ... definitely not to death) on every FM frequency across the country. Now, with a remix of the 'bad girl' of pop, Ke$ha, under their belts, whispers of a looming international record deal, and three new kick-ass tracks, Kids Of 88 look set to continue their onslaught of the music industry and dance floors alike.
Ke$ha - Tik Tok (Kids Of 88 Remix)
'Sugar Pills' is expected to be the follow-up single to 'My House' as they received NZ On Air Music Video funding for this track back in June. In my opinion it is the strongest of the three - a sexy slow-jam slightly tilted towards a more experimental sound compared with the blatantly pop 'My House'. There is even a sprinkle of hip-hop in the pre-chorus with McCarthy spittin' some Kanye-esque rhymes, "never get bored of ya christian dior, never get bored of the head you're givin', the life I'm livin". The chorus (if you can call it that?) is a layered vocal soundscape, atmospheric and delicate yet still curiously catchy. How do they do that?
Check the tracks out on their Myspace - www.myspace.com/kidsof88 and prepare yourself for the takeover. Kids Of 88 have got the goods, sugar pills included.
