Artist: The Paper Kites
Venue: The East Brunswick Club
Tour: The Woodland Tour
Date: 19th of February, 2012
Melbourne folk band The Paper Kites have just disembarked their first ever East Coast headline tour. Last night at the East Brunswick Club, I saw the final show of their “Woodland Tour”. This particular gig was actually an added extra due to popular demand after sold-out gigs in NSW, VIC and QLD, playing songs from their debut EP Woodland.
In my opinion, The Paper Kites are the kind of band you’d love to take home to introduce to your mum. Their music is polite, charming and tender, and especially moving in their slower songs. For me, there just isn’t enough musical structure in their music, with no real melodies, hooks or anything to grab onto. They’ve crossed their T’s and dotted their I’s, but for me, their politeness gets in the way of a good musical story.
I give them 3 out of 5 kisses.
Written by Amy Bastow for the Kiss My Arts Show on Joy 94.9 – All opinions are mine. Copyright 2012.