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The a-side is a cover version of The Replacements’ track which came out in the mid 80s on Sire Records and I admit, that one passed me by but thankfully, Kindness knows what a good song is. And they are not the only ones as they managed to get signed to Moshi Moshi Records because their version was on a mixtape (how old skool) compiled by Lisa Milberg (she of The Concretes). Sounds cool in itself and apart from the downtempo boogie, I can see why this one could get a big buzz as (admittedly) the stupid line, “Bring our own lampshade, somewhere there’s a party..” is so sing-a-long. Just leave on repeat, fantastic.

The b-side is a Kindness original called ‘Gee Up’ and it’s annoyingly short as folk funk ditties go; even for a 7” I’d have thought there was even room for an extended version. It’s an ideal post-Bestival late summer slow groovy.

So you might ask who is Kindness? And the label are not giving much away as they claim he has only done two gigs, one was a London squat eviction party and the other was in Berlin’s trendy Kreuzberg venue, West Germany.

This is so different to last months’ release by diskJokke, ‘Rosenrød b/w The Bund’ but with Kindness being even more underground than the Norwegian disc master, it’s even more of a revelation; if this doesn’t get picked up for massive Balearic Aeroplane style remixes and some bangin’ House action , I’d be most surprised.

Get up and get down with Kindness.

Reviewed: Kindness - Swingin Party (Moshi Moshi) Cat. No. MOMO23 Release date: 28th September 2009
Tracklisting:
A. Swingin Party (4:07)
B. Gee Up (1:47)

Links:
www.moshimoshimusic.com/artists/kindness
www.myspace.com/moshimoshirecords
www.moshimoshimusic.com
www.myspace.com/theconcretes
www.twintone.com/mats