Silly Kissers - Precious Necklace

A video by Jane. All that 80s psychosexual tension suits the song well.

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Silly Kissers remix Blue Hawaii

My favourite Canadian up and comers (Silly Kissers) remix a track from my favourite FREE album (Blue Hawaii - Blooming Summer) in recent memory. This is dream team stuff here.
Blue Hawaii - Dream Electrixra (SILLY KISSERS REMIX) by Silly Kissers

Silly Kissers - You Could Even Like Me

Here's a video I edited together. This one is for a Silly Kissers songs with a very galloping keyboard line (Did Steve Harris of Iron Maiden play keys on this one?). This is one of my fave songs from Precious Necklace and I really can't say enough good things about this band overall. I predict very good things for them. Not a lot of electropop groups can release rock solid albums, even New Order has few solid albums to their credit - they have a lot of great songs, but not a lot of bookend to bookend great albums. Silly Kissers seem to have it down. The last rock solid electropop record I can think of is Soviet's We are Eyes, We are Builders and it's been a minute since that one came out. As for the video, well, I saw this footage and realized the raw energy and drama of their dancing was the only thing that could capture this song for me. Personally, I find seeing this dancing placed in this context really awe-inspiring. Just watching Shaan and Nadira dance is a workout in itself.

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Silly Kissers, again

I had the chance to see Silly Kissers last weekend and did not. I was actually at the show at the SAW Gallery here in Ottawa, but timing was against me. I saw Postcards kick major ass, but alas, no Silly Kissers. sigh. I was sort of glad not to see them due to the fact I wasn't terribly familiar with their stuff. Sometimes that's a factor in appreciating a show, sometimes not. However, I've spent the last week devouring Silly Kissers, particularly their latest release 'Precious Necklace'. These guys are amazing. Seriously, I'm predicting big things for this band. There is something so familiar, yet completely new and refreshing about them. It's unapologetically fun, but has depth as well. They just sound like they're having fun, and it radiates through the speakers all infectious-like. Here is a triple shot from 'Precious Necklace' and all three of these are nothin' but hits y'all. Silly Kissers=Big things. I'm calling it now. And dammit I need to see this band live soon.
SILLY KISSERS by Silly Kissers

Postcards + Silly Kissers

Postcards are a great band from Montreal who are playing in Ottawa on May 1 at the Saw Gallery. Ottawa peeps this is your heads up, because they are part of a great lineup involving Silly Kissers who we will get to later in the post. Now, personally I could kind of take or leave the whole lo-fi thing for the most part. With a lot of artists I can never quite figure out why they've chosen to go lo-fi, I don't know what they think it's doing for them aesthetically as far as aesthetics. Pragmatically though I get why artists go lo-fi. The thing is Postcards wear it very well. What these guys have going for them is an incredible sense of melody. When I talk about the lo-fi working for them, listen to the song "Krayons"; up front is this gorgeous guitar part moving the thing along, but behind it are all these others layered melodies. That's how lo-fi works for Postcards; it almost makes those individual parts in the background of the song indiscernible, but as a result all the parts are working together to create the whole. If I had to give a reference point for 'Krayons", I'd say picture Mazzy Star meets Magnetic Fields. Bottom line: great band from Montreal making shimmering pop. I've given you a double shot here, and "Enemy" is another melodic gem that should be in your head all day. Enjoy.



Playing with Postcards are another great up and coming band from Montreal. Silly Kissers are a band who make swoon worthy electro pop. It's all very loose and synthy, but still packs that emotional one-two punch. They just released a 10" via Arbutus Records and it really is a little treasure. 'Ghost in Your Heart' has a great vocal hook and (quelle surprise) some lovely synths. If you tell me you can get the chorus to this one out of your head, I might call you a liar. This is a song for people who are too embarrassed to dance to dance to. So, go ahead, no one's looking. And sing that chorus hook too.

Get the 10" directly from Arbutus here.