Our new album, American Ghosts is now available for order via Big School Records. It’s available in a limited editon pressing on milky white vinyl! You can also stream the new album via our bandcamp site. Summersteps Records will handling the digital release, which will be available later this Summer.
Our bassist Ted recently unearthed some old CD-Rs while moving, he came across some early demos and reference mixes of what would become Kid Icarus’ 2005 album, The Metal West. These tracks were laid down on various 4 & 8 track recorders mostly during the summer of 2004. We thought the rough hewn quality of these ragged recordings & performances held a peculiar charm worth sharing. So, we’re making them available for free download via our bandcamp site. We hope you enjoy!
We have a brand new cassette EP now available on Stress Carrier. It’s called Ghost Town Feelings. It features 4 brand new songs and a Monkees cover (Circle Sky) to boot. It is also the first EP to feature our new drummer Jeff Gilotti. It’s only available in a limited edition of 100 copies and is now available for streaming over at our bandcamp site.
Kid Icarus tackles the holiday season with “On Boxing Day.” As the titles implies, it addresses those gloomy feelings one has on the day after Christmas. The song was recorded mostly live at Ted’s place onto 8 track. It features the current lineup of Eric (guitar and vox), Ted (bass) , Justin (lead guitar) and Jeff (drums). The track is available on Summersteps Records 2010 cassette compilation What We Do On Our Holidays. www.summerstepsrecords.com
It’s been five long years since Kid Icarus’ last album proper, The Metal West. After some interminable delays, we are proud to present the newest addition to the K.I. discography, Imaginary Songs & Aluminum Hits. Please help us celebrate the release with a semi-rare performance at Scranton, PA’s finest local record emporium, Embassy Vinyl with a free show. Supporting acts These Elk Forever and Eww Yaboo will help us ring in the news. LP is available for pre-order at our online shop now and is available in a limited edition pressing on vinyl in addition to various and sundry digital outlets.
“Kid Icarus began as the solo home recording project of Eric Schlittler, and has spent the past fourteen years or so growing and evolving into an electrified psychedelic folk rock quartet. From cutting his first record in a stranger’s living room to recording most of his latest opus in a geodesic dome in Central Pennsylvania; from ramshackle, half finished acoustic numbers to epic, multi part space rock suites, Schlittler’s growth as a musician and songwriter has consistently kept those in the know anxiously awaiting his next move. There’s been a lot of waiting lately—five years since their last full length The Metal West, with nothing but a split 7” and a compilation track in between—we’re proud to report that it’s been worth every minute of waiting: here is Imaginary Songs & Aluminum Hits, the strongest and most focused Kid Icarus record to date.
The transition from solo bedroom project to full band onslaught has been completed: Schlittler’s swirling rhythm guitar, Justin Marchegiani’s chiming leads and Ted Baird’s melodic, post punk basslines provide the foundation for the majority of tracks here, years of live gigs having fine tuned their chemistry to the point where their amalgamated sound is now a Kid Icarus trademark. But while this is, for the most part, a full band affair, there are still plenty of throwbacks to the bedroom alchemy of earlier days, with Schlittler occasionally going it alone or teaming up with local songwriter Gregory Gover (These Elk Forever) on some of the album’s quieter moments.
In any event, this album is sure to please fans of anything that falls into the intersection between indie rock, folk, and psychedelia: think Robyn Hitchcock, early Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, Gary Higgins, Roky Erickson, and such. A solid effort, with enough twists and turns to make for a rewarding listening experience that you’ll no doubt return to again and again, finding something new and exciting every time.”
The LP will be officially available on 8/17. Check out free mp3s Dig Architecture and Projection Loop from the LP now!
