"Perfect Harmony / Vulture Symphony / Circling 'round the cage / Preying for the dead / Supply - demand / I'll throw them a bone / Do all I can / To stop the outside coming in..."
The spinning top on a string, post rock meets art punk, meets a sonic meat grinder sound of "Vulture Symphony" by Pekoe Cat / aka Belleville Ontario, Canada based multi-instrumentalist, producer, comedian Kyle Woolven, is something to behold and certainly nothing to snicker at. I don't oftentimes instantly like something or rather become smitten with right away but that happened 90 seconds in. A lot of times, songs stab me in singular ways, like I particularly like the lyrics or vocal persona, vocal melodies, or maybe, the groove or a particular fierceness appeals to me. In terms of "Vulture Symphony", everything, all the sonic, attitudinal, deeply blended genres sort of gobsmacked me all at once.
The song is as sophisticated as it feels so well put together in the way you effortlessly throw some clothes on, look in the mirror and realize that you are perfectly put together and feeling just right about the world (at least for a while). "Vulture Symphony" feels to me like a cross generational tropicalia of artists like Joy Division, like Block Party, like Of Montreal, like TV on the Radio all smashed together in terms of this kind of systemic artful DNA that feels inspired.
I feel like Pekoe Cat feels inspired and as difficult as this is with a band to do, sounding this fluid as a multi-instrumentalist is f*cking amazing and from a comedian no less. What the fuck man??!!
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ZPtJKTmd8qNVVVMaNlTiA
https://www.instagram.com/kwoolven/
https://www.tiktok.com/@kwoolven
https://www.facebook.com/pekoecatmusic/
https://x.com/PekoeCatMusic?mx=2
https://lightorganrecords.com/artist/pekoe-cat/
Pekoe Cat is multi-instrumentalist, producer and comedian Kyle Woolven. Hailing from Belleville, Ontario, Kyle first made a splash with his YouTube channel when his satirical video Welcome to Belleville went viral. His alter ego Pekoe Cat showcases his more serious but equally creative musical side.
Pekoe Cat, aka diy producer / musician / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist / comedian / actor Kyle Woolven, alter ego Pekoe Cat, cross generational post punk tropicalia, Canada,
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