KMTP: With Love KMTP (Sunreturn/digital outlets)

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2021 Was Fun
KMTP: With Love KMTP (Sunreturn/digital outlets)

KMTP is Tāmaki Makaurau-based Keria Paterson (Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāi Tahu, they/them) and an interesting bunch of musicians: as a drummer he has played with Dirty Pixels and Dead Famous People

And here taps into a kind of indie.Britpop (Walk Out to Space, 2.45), acoustic nostalgia (the opening passages of 2021 Was Fun), a pastoral Interlude instrumental which is nice but goes nowhere in particular, Flying Nun (check the clip), metal thrash (Ordinary Kid) . . .

They've said the main themes of the album are self-discovery and self-reflection and “other themes are fairly grim: depression, anxiety, self-acceptance, finding love.”

“I’ve tried to contrast the sombre themes in the album with upbeat and emo-adjacent guitar riffs and 'wall-of-sound'” drum and bass riffs.”

Co-written and produced with Peter Ruddell (Wax Chattels, Sulfate) this is a thought-provoking album but flies off in so many disparate directions it is hard going as an entity.

There are two interesting four-song EPs in there somewhere.

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You can hear and buy this album at bandcamp here

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