Matt and Kim – This record’s GRAND

by Peter Quincy Ng

Matt and Kim – GRAND (Fader, 2009)

I totally agree that people should do things as couples. Case and point, Matt and Kim. Meet the Brooklyn boy/girl, husband and wife indie-pop duo of Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino. Despite their obvious age, Matt and Kim with their childish glee and whiny and nasal vocals bring utter joy to their synthesizer-infused power-pop ballads.

Take for example Don’t Slow Down whose incessant beeping melody which pays tribute to Depeche Mode’s – Just Can’t Get Enough or the hard-hitting clap and drum beat of Good Ol’ Fashioned Nightmare

. Grand, released this January , is largely experimental in nature featuring songs as short as under a minute-and-a-half and the almost completely instrumental Ginders download b t k online

to the punk-rock inspired Cutdown. Despite not having the most coherent tracklist and although not being particularly lyrically complex, singles like Daylight speed racer divx movie online download willow online whose brisk and lively piano arrangements and hard-hitting drum snares are sure to lighten up your day.

Recommended Tracks:

Cutdown, Daylight, Don’t Slow Down, I’ll Take Us Home

Check out Matt and Kim if you like:

Best Fwends, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, Tilly and the Wall and YACHT

Visit Matt and Kim at:

http://www.myspace.com/mattandkim
http://www.mattandkimmusic.com