Sunday, September 24, 2006

THE KINGDOM


ARTIST / BAND: THE KINGDOM
SONG (MP3): HIGHER
ALBUM: K1
FILE UNDER: R&B / Soul / Indie
LABEL: http://www.arenarockrecordingco.com/
INFO: The conceptually complete and enthusiastically performed song-cycle finds singer/mastermind Charles Westmoreland re-imagining Johnny Unitas as a mythical deity hurling “the sun across the sky to the locomotive horse with dove wings,” and goes on to tell of a hero “in love and covered in horses’ blood” who plays a cosmic game of football in the heavens. In using a familiar sports hero as the metaphorical point of departure, Westmoreland offers a fitting example of The Kingdom’s aesthetic intent: the transformation of the easily recognizable trappings of contemporary indie rock (melodic guitar jangle, low-budget keyboards) into something otherworldly and divine. read more from the source...

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