Dylan Kight
The Nightbirds Revolt
Featured Download: "Arcadia" MP3
An uncertain revolution lies at the heart of The Nightbirds Revolt. Wrought with an almost low-fi directness, with raw guitar riffs serving as a kind of pen-and-ink sub-terrain for Dylan Kight’s lyrical poetics—think a younger Ryan Adams channeling his beloved Replacements minus the crackling energy—Revolt is a dark song cycle which ironically references the sun in over half its offerings. This retro vibe finds its surest footing in “Rise and Fall” and “Ocean Room,” if at a decidedly lower volume and velocity than its post-punk predecessors. With the exception of “Arcadia,” the sole acoustic and surprisingly uplifting final track, Kight sighs his way through this set, sounding downtrodden yet still more moving and affective than Adams at his saddest. —GMG
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