I'm gonna be honest: the publicist sold this to me as "early Phoenix meets Mick Hucknall in his lothario heyday," which is a far better, more instantly evocative description than I could've managed at this point in the morning. And don't you dare turn your nose up at Mick Hucknall. Yes he devolved into a man with ginger dreads, a ruby tooth, and a face like back-of-the-cupboard potato. And yes, he's the definition of make-your-skin-crawl creep, BUT, c'mon—"Holding Back The Years"? That's a stone cold classic and damnit I'm not afraid to say it!Anyway, there's not a lot of info on Hawkon other that this track—the first lifted from his forthcoming EP Dare to Follow, out this fall—is a collaboration with Blue May (a chap who's also worked with Kindness). Lyrically Hawkon is clearly hung up on a love who is gone. He misses her terribly, to the point that when he's alone he finds himself "touching air," which I hope he doesn't do in public because that's the shit people cross the street to avoid.
Kindness - "Still Smokin'" 36 Hours In The Go-Go Scene
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If you're in Berlin go to our Noisey show and see Hawkon tonight. If you live in London, he headlines the Sebright Arms in east London on 9/17.Kim started tweeting about Simply Red and lost a follower. Unfollow her here - @theKTB---Giving' you the good shit:
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Kindness - "Still Smokin'" 36 Hours In The Go-Go Scene