I Am Kloot - From Your Favourite Sky
by Benjamin Howarth
published: 2 / 3 / 2004
Label:
Echo
Format: CDS
intro
Well-performed, but confusing new single from bubbling under Manchester trio, I am Kloot
I know people that are convinced that I Am Kloot are genuinely a very good, undervalued band. The Manchester three piece were tagged in with the New Acoustic Movement, a scene that defiantly flopped (despite the fact that a lot of the music was very good, like Kings Of Convenience, Kathryn Williams and the first Alfie singles). With that in mind, I took a long hard listen to their latest single, the first I’ve heard from them. 'From Your Favourite Sky' is by no means a bad song. It’s quite nicely performed, but nothing about it stands out. I Am Kloot are one of those frustrating bands that, to use that terrible expression so often apologetically trawled out when something doesn’t interest you, "do what they do well". Either what they do, well-meaning just left of mainstream indie guitar rock, is of no interest to me, or this band isn’t actually very good despite their technical competence. Or I’m just far too cynical, and have got stuck in just listening to my favourites and not giving fair dues to new bands. That may be true, it’s been quite a while since a brand new band really excited me, but after hearing 'From Your Favourite Sky”'. I’ve no desire to hear anything else from I Am Kloot.
Track Listing:-
1 From Your Favourite Sky2 This House Is Haunted
3 Cinders
4 Deep Blue Sea
5 By Myself
Band Links:-
https://www.facebook.com/iamkloothttps://twitter.com/iamkloot
http://www.iamkloot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Kloot
https://soundcloud.com/i-am-kloot-1
interviews |
Interview with Jonny Bramwell Part 2 (2004) |
In the second part of our interview with acclaimed Manchester group I am Kloot, frontman Jonny Bramwell talks to Anthony Dhanendran about playing Glastonbury and the band's recent collaboration with Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston |
Interview with Jonny Bramwell Part 1 (2004) |
live reviews |
Albert Hall, Manchester, 10/4/2015 |
Manchester’s finest cult band, I Am Kloot, perform a remarkable hometown set in former city centre church, the Albert Hall, and an awestruck Dixie Ernill is there to witness |
Academy 3, Manchester, 14/2/2010 |
Deaf Institute, Manchester, 17/9/2009 |
Leadmill, Sheffield, 23/4/2005 |
soundcloud
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Hold Back the Night (2015) |
Magical double CD live album from acclaimed Manchester-based indie pop trio, I Am Kloot |
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