{"product_id":"white-hinterland-kairos-1","title":"White Hinterland: Kairos - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eKairos\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eWhite Hinterland\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDead Oceans\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e656605133423\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eIndie Rock\/Pop\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2010-03-09\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Kairos, the second album from White Hinterland, is a stripped-down, atmospheric record with up-front, bright vocals. For vocalist Casey Dienel and producer\/multi-instrumentalist Shawn Creeden, it's an effective combination, and ultimately a bold one, for the fact that most like-minded acts bury the vocals. Musically, Kairos makes much out of the slow, drip-drip beat of trip-hop and a light touch of some Aphex Twin-like skittery percussion. Vocally, it's a showcase sort of an album: Dienel's singing is full and commanding. The band's move from the East Coast to Portland, Ore., had Dienel and Creeden working without a piano, which ultimately became a creative leap as White Hinterland turned to an array of looping sounds. On \"Moon Jam,\" Dienel sings of the disorientation of self-doubt, following \"I cannot control myself\" with \"I am afraid of so many things.\" It's a theme that weaves in perfectly with the music's lean ambience of slinky beats, deep bass and slow, insistent grooves. Kairos' 10 songs span 41 minutes, with a consistency that suggests a somewhat conservative approach to recording. But it's a control that makes the album's unexpected moments that much stronger: The bouncy shift midway through \"Bow and Arrow,\" the sing-songy lilt of \"Amsterdam\" and the R\u0026amp;B flourish that Dienel adds when she sings \"forever and ever\" on the album's closing track, \"Magnolias.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Icarus \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Moon Jam \u003cbr\u003e1.3 No Logic \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Begin Again \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Bow ; Arrow \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Amsterdam \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Thunderbird \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Cataract \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Huron \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Magnolias\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"White Hinterland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32431354642503,"sku":"14900891","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/1606337.jpg?v=1747728442","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/white-hinterland-kairos-1","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}