01. In the Sun 4:02 -- 02. In My Ring 3:26 -- 03. Rob Me Blind 4:01 -- 04. Away 4:44 -- 05. Iou 1 3:50 -- 06. Murdered Bird 4:01 -- 07. Kid 6:20 -- 08. Flame 5:43 -- 09. Intro 1:33 -- 10. Neon Halos 5:39 -- 11. Birthday 4:51 -- -- Kid is the sophomore release from Connecticut based duo Violent Mae. Rising out of Becky Kessler ’s guitar driven songwriting and multi-instrumentalist Floyd Kellogg ’s production style, the record is a document of a band coming into its own. The duo defies expectations by creating a dynamic fuzzy low-rock sound with opening tracks “In The Sun” and “In My Ring”. -- -- Guitars play both atmospheric and bass backbone parts while the drums take on melodious, yet driving roles throughout. Random found sounds captured during their self- produced recording sessions at a rural organic farm contribute to an eerie mood and become an integral part of the music. On title track “Kid”, they strip the music down to the barest of elements and Becky’s low reverberant vocals take the listener on an aching melancholic journey. A certain sadness permeates the record but the listener can always find a silver lining sense of warmth and strength. You get an air of adolescence and how fleeting anything of significance might be, including love. On “Flame”, Becky sings “better hold onto me tight / I’m ready to go / straight into the stars / we’ll blow them all away” and that’s an apt description of Violent Mae and their new record Kid. It builds to “Neon Halos”, a bold song about the feeling of helplessness connected to modern experience with sing along “oh oh well hell / oh oh well oh hell oh” and comes back down to the earth with the personal lament “Birthday.” -- -- (Source: artist website) -- UPC 888295335676 -- The Amazon ASIN for the mp3 version of this CD is B0180NW39O -- Another listing by Zip