KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
The music reviewer tends to be a cynical creature. However, every now and again an album comes along that makes them giddy with joy. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis is one such record. A mix of rock ‘n’ roll, blues, country and hillbilly swing, it was recorded completely in analogue in a home-studio and sounds like it belongs in 1950’s America, which is all the more remarkable considering it’s a brand new offering from a brother and two sisters from London aged between 15 and 18.
You’re thinking that it really shouldn’t work, aren’t you? Well, somehow it absolutely does. The trio of multi-instrumentalists switch between guitar, harmonica, piano, double-bass, ukulele, trombone and accordion through the ten tracks, which are all over in less than half-an-hour. So what that the music is completely anachronistic, that eight of the songs are cover versions or that the sound levels are a disaster zone (instruments are often super loud or way too quiet)? Kitty, Daisy & Lewis has a heart so massive that these issues are rendered completely redundant.
In a time largely defined by auto-tuned, soulless pap, this nostalgic homage to an era none of us remember is wonderful in its unabated youthful exuberance and joie de vivre. What’s more, the two original tracks here easily match the cover versions. Regardless of whether you are a fan of sounds from yesteryear, if this record fails to excite you then it’s really time you gave up listening to music altogether.
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