Another brilliant collaboration has dropped in the form of Glow and Fade, album number 5 from Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy aka Kilbey Kennedy, celebrating a decade of collaboration.  The 8 track masterpiece, released through Golden Robot Records is available at all good retailers, with the vinyl edition for collectors following in late July, exclusive to the SFR Store.
 
The latest musical journey from the hypnotic duo, Kilbey Kennedy, includes the spacey dream rock of title track and second single, Glow and Fade, which immediately transports the listener to another world with Kilbey’s melancholic optimism reminding all of our earthly, human limitations.

 

 

The rest of the album includes the dynamism of The Game Never Changes, a sixteen minute prog-rock inspired epic, going through some of Kilbey’s darkest ever lyrics and ending with a soaring solo of Pink Floyd proportions. With echoes of David Bowie and Roger Waters then comes They Know, with its oblique lyrics interweaved with lush acoustic guitar, strings and trumpet. The fourth track on the album, We Are Still Waiting, was the first single to be lifted from the album. It’s driving synth laden dream pop with everything that was good about the 80’s and showcases Kilbey’s lyrical mastery in a beautiful duet with Melbourne vocalist, Selena Cross. Cross also joins Kilbey for The Law of the Jungle, a real-life break-up being the catalyst for this heart achingly raw song. Levitate and The Story of Jonah, continue the brilliance, with slow beats, dark synth, and prog-rock overtones. Completing the magic is One Is All, a play on All Is One from Kilbey Kennedy’s first album together, providing a fitting bookend to the ten years of collaboration and an uplifting conclusion to Glow and Fade.

 

 

BUY GLOW AND FADE BY KILBEY KENNEDY
SFR Store (signed CD, fan bundles & vinyl, with bonus tracks) | bit.ly/KK-GF-SFRStore
iTunes (with bonus track) | http://bit.ly/KK-GF-Digital
JB Hi-Fi | http://bit.ly/KK-GF-JB
Sanity | http://bit.ly/KK-GF-Sanity