Name: Kites Are Fun
Brand: The Free Design

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

lita004cd

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Digipack with Two Bonus Tracks.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2011-12-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Free Design

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Bonfire Records

1967, just like it was yesterday, pre Vietnam war scenario, high hopes and a new bright horizon, soon to be fall. Meanwhile, the music and – in this case – the celestial vocal harmonies of the East Coast unit formally known as Free Design Their 1967 debut <i>Kites Are Fun</i> is still a case in point and a major influence on today’s alternative pop. Often referred as the East Coast answer to Mamas and the Papas, the band had a more ethereal and eclectic approach. From the gentle orchestral accompaniment of ‘Make the Madness Stop’ to the folkish bossa of ‘When Love Was Young’ through the sensational arrangements of ‘Proper Ornaments’ - a number eventually championed by Madlib in the stunning tribute The Now Sound Redesigned (released on Light In The Attic in 2005) – you’ll find more than a singular approach. Produced by none other than Enoch Light the album is still an astonishing piece of heavenly art-pop with such a lysergic counterpoint.<br>

Kites Are Fun

Music GB