LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE
You wouldn’t expect a band from Leicestershire, England, to be producing glacial, hymnal and ethereal soundscapes - complete with soft whispers and dramatic spaces - but the five boys of Kyte do. And they’ve done pretty well for themselves, establishing the band’s dreamy pop haze all across the world’s stages and on one solid LP, The Science Of Living. Kyte played Fred Perry’s 100 birthday bash just recently, where we got them to shift their gazes from their shoes to these questions.

Hello Kyte! The only other band we know from Leicestershire is Kasabian… should we know more?
Yes, apart from Kasabian, Leicester hasn’t offered many decent mainstream bands. Despite this, there is a lot of underground talent. One artist I think people should check out is Rival Consoles - if you are into electronic music like Daft Punk or Aphex Twin, then I think you’d be like his stuff.

What was it that inspired Kyte’s sound?
We’d all been in more straightforward bands before Kyte. I guess we all liked the idea of experimenting and doing something different. The sound has just progressed over time. It wasn’t an attempt at being a particular genre, we’d not actually heard of shoegaze when we started out so were quite confused when it started popping up in reviews.

And how do you find those comparisons with Sigur Rós?
We don’t mind at all, we are fans of Sigur Rós so when people mention them when reviewing us it’s a big compliment. This is a comparison we’ve had right from the beginning, I feel the music we make these days is quite different from what they are doing but if it means more people will check us out then that’s great.

Where do you hope to take Kyte’s music over the next few albums?
We have been working on the new record in the past few weeks [the upcoming Dead Waves] and it’s sounding massive, I can’t wait for people to hear it. There is a more electronic feel to some of the material, which is something we are keen to explore but there isn’t a real plan for where the next few albums will go. For me, the aim is to make songs that excite us and hopefully we can share that with as many people as possible.

What are some lessons you’ve learned from Kyte?
We’ve been doing this since we were 18, so it’s been an exciting few years. Getting to see the world and meeting so many new people has taught us a lot. I think we have learned to appreciate the position we are in and be thankful of the people around us who support what we do.

Text: Min Chen
Interview courtesy of: Amnesty

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