Melbourne four-piece Mayfair Kytes have enticed members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Hiatus Kaiyote in to contribute to their debut album ‘Animus’.
Grammy Award winners Simon Mavin and Paul Bender of Hiatus Kaiyote and string players from the MSO are heard on the record. “We employed Nick for his highly creative streak, his love and respect of tonality and the way he works hard to achieve sounds,” enthuses lead singer Matt Kelly, “And we used the chapel to record all the string scores as it had a long reverb and delay so we could use the authentic room sounds in the recordings, no extra effects needed.”
The video for the song ‘Sleepy Head’ was filmed and directed by Melbourne artist Thomas Russell. “The film-clip is about coming out of a dark place, shedding the things that hold you back, not being constrained by male stereo types… shedding the past,” says Kelly.
Mayfair Kytes are Matt Kelly (vocals, guitar), Austin Busch (vocals, guitar, keys, samples), Jack Nicholson (drums, samples) and Phoebe Jacobs (vocals, samples).
Mayfair Kytes album launch dates
April 8, Melbourne, The Workers Club
April 28, Sydney, The Vanguard
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