Kayo Dot will release 4th album - Coyote - in 2010

progkidjoel wrote: There's still no news on their MySpace or homepage.

Yeah. They like to stay enigmatic like that...

Henry Plainview wrote: Eh, cover art's a little weak, especially compared to Choirs, but it's much better than The Incident.   Do we know why it's been delayed? Did Toby trip and break the master tapes?

I heard he doesnt even know why Hydra Head have kept it back till 2010, apparently its been ready for ages.

Eh, cover art's a little weak, especially compared to Choirs, but it's much better than The Incident.

Check http://solidpr.blogspot.com/2010/01/kayo-dot-unveils-coyote-toby-driver.html if you want a glimpse of The Incidentish cover art.

How about the new style, lads? At first I noticed there was this weird "emptiness" to the sound, which I figure comes from the lack of guitars. Kayo Dot of course has experimented a lot with emptiness/ space before, most notably on DAWCT and Tartar Lamb's project, but this time it's very different. They somehow managed to create something that is completely new and fascinating to me, at least in music: extremely aggressive emptiness!
Though KD's music is always quite puzzling and most definitely complicated, I think this just might be the first time Driver lets the music descend into chaos! On Coyote the rhythm section seems to be more highlighted than on previous albums, which could insinuate that the music is less chaotic, and I love how the opposite happened. And could someone please tell me why the trumpet doesn't belong in every rock group's intrumentation?

I'd be interested to hear the thoughts of KD-fans about the new direction...

Jesus Christ this sounds mammoth.

From the official Kayo Dot website:

"The album is quite different than any previous Kayo Dot outing, featuring an unusual instrumentation for this band (bass guitar, orchestral percussion, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, french horn, synths, organ, violin, and vocals). There's hardly any guitar this time around, and the overall aesthetic has been referred to as "goth fusion," combining elements of early Cure, Faith and the Muse, and Bauhaus with Herbie Hancock's psychedelic album Sextant, and Scott Walker's recent album The Drift. The music is more rhythmically oriented than any previous Kayo Dot work, was recorded mostly live (similar to 2006's Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue), and brings back some of the aggression absent from 2008's Blue Lambency Downward."

rushaholic wrote: Never understood why labels/bands wait so long to release an album after it is finished - leads to folks trying to find it on the net and download it. Looking forward to it though.

Probably to build hype and to ensure enough production and distribution.

sleeper wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Anderson III wrote: progkidjoel wrote: I love motW, but still haven't heard any Kayo Dot. I'll have to check them out before then! I can't recommend Kayo Dot enough to anyone who likes avant garde and strong emotions in art. Their first two albums are some of the most brilliant music ever recorded! The only real Avant Garde I listen to is Maudlin Of The Well, but they're one of my favourite bands ever for sure... I'll definitely have to check out some Kayo Dot Could I get a recommendation for a good first KD album? Thanks -Joel If you liked Part the Second then Blue Lambency Downward will go nicely. Dowsing Anamone with Copper Tongue if you like drone and/or post rock/metal. Choirs of the Eye is the best and most similer to motW but with extra jazz and more experimental.

Thanks for the extra suggestions... Part The Second is one of the best albums I've ever heard, so I might have to go with Blue Lambency Downward!


-Joel