HEART ATTACKS, BACK TO BACK... REVIEWS:
"If you're looking for easy, familiar music you would best be advised to steer clear of this album. But if you're in the mood for consciousness altering creativity...you will find a wealth of thought provoking material to digest here. (Rating: 5+++)" - babysue/LMNOP
"The style ranges from slow and mellow to a very strained energy that explodes in crazy guitar playing and feedback. Nice." - Giant Robot
"feedback is the lifeblood and accoutrements of Kite Operations' musical corporeality. They indulge in it: shimmying, animal-noisying, lodged-in-the-right/left-channel-like-a-ghostying all over the place." - Cokemachineglow
"Reminiscent of early Jesus and Mary Chain, the boys' love of feedback and all things riotous make this record a very powerful listen." - Theme Magazine
DANDELION DAY REVIEWS:
"'Tracing Paths' is possibly my favorite track of the album. The song is carried by light and intricate guitar work, reminiscent of LN or Kunek. The instrumentation and the lyrics both are beautiful. Joseph Kim sings of our human relationships as crossing paths 'like cursive'; 'throw them together and witness the splatter.' Kim and David Yang literally splatter shrieking feedback in-between verses, reinforcing the subject matter, but not overpowering the mood. Kim closes with the ambiguous line 'I take my food from the fed, clothes from the dressed, love from the loved' which prods at the way we attain our necessities (if I'm not gleaming too much from it). As the chorus comes around, the melody leaps up to striking heights. The attention to detail here is superb." - Somewhere Cold
"intense music that always manages to focus--first and foremost--on spectacular vocal melodies. By combining abrasive tendencies with ethereal sounds, this album succeeds on many different levels. (Rating: 5+)" - babysue/LMNOP
"surreal noise-pop that manages to rock hard but is never overpowering, spiking the songs with gritty emotion." - Delusions of Adequacy
"beautifully composed emotive melodies comparative to Mineral with harsher, thrashing guitar-driven moments ala Sonic Youth. all in all, this album is a breath of fresh air in a whirlwind of generic music." - Impact Press
"Despondent chords and melancholy vocals pepper an album that could lay claim to lo-fi genius if it wasn't for the fact that it sounds just huge" - Smother
"a shimmering, eardrum-shattering ore of blissful indie pop. With blushing bravado, this New York City quartet produces sweet, gloomy noise pop that puts memorable melodies ahead of novelty, resulting in a remarkably sincere, beguiling debut." - Westword