"Imagine that Wire, post-'154', had not broken up but rather agreed to become a backing band for a coherent Syd Barrett and attempted to record pop music. If they gave it a good go it would have sounded something like this. The band combine[s] some of the mood and sound of early Pink Floyd with the minimalist guitar tones of Sonic Youth and Wire." -- The Official Fall Website
(THE SOUNDS OF) KALEIDOSCOPE’s long awaited debut album more than lives up to the promise of their first two eps. Two years in the making, From Where You Were To How You Got There is a mesmerizing mindbend of a debut, taking you through a labyrinth of noisy guitars, swirling organs, and tribal rhythms. (The Sounds of) Kaleidoscope fall somewhere in between and outside of sixties psychedelia and nineties noise rock.
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