#kdltour2015

[tara311-blog]

#kdltour2015 #worldcafelive (at World Cafe Live)

[elreytheatre]

It's @kittydaisyandlewis taking over the @elreytheatre Instagram. ALL ACCESS #kdltour2015 #kdltakeover #elreytheatre 4/3

[beatntracks]

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis. The powerful London based trio is back.

It was a Tuesday evening in July 2011 and I was at Dingwalls (Camden) having a pint with a Japanese friend who had introduced me to the amazing musical universe of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis. We were there waiting for their gig and with a little help of their parents Graeme Durham (a studio engineer) and Ingrid Weiss (drummer in the 70spost-punk band The Raincoats), the trio definitely did not let me down.

Multi-instrumentalists, they play a wide range ofinstruments from piano, guitar, drums, and banjo to harmonica, ukulele and accordion. I found it incredible, especially Daisy playing drums with such class wearing a dress and high heels. Not an easy job!

Flirting with rockabilly, R&B, blues, country and funk, people tend to describe their music as vintage sound from the 50s. Honestly, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis are not nostalgic musicians stuck in the past and they do what matters: good music. Despite their retro look and musical influences, they sound original, fresh and vibrant. A relief for the ears in this auto-tuning era!

  The three multi-talented siblings released their new album entitled The Third last week after the successful second album Smoking in Heaven (2011). Produced by Mick Jones (The Clash), The Third has been recorded in their own analogue studio (a derelict Indian restaurant in Kentish Town), completely avoiding digital technology. The first single Baby Bye Bye is part of a trilogy of videos followed by No Action (my favourite track of the new album).

As an urban planner, it worth highlight the song Developer's Disease which is a critique to the massive regeneration schemes and new developments going on in London that is destroying what is unique, characteristic and special in the city.

The UK tour starts next week and I would recommend you to purchase a ticket for the gig at the iconic Electric Ballroom in the heart of Camden Town on 18th February. I promise it will be impossible to standing still!

Leticia