THE PASTELS – KICKING LEAVES
2013-11-24Earlier this year The Pastels finally returned with a long-awaited new record, Slow Summits. ‘Kicking Leaves’, one of the key tracks, slaloms fantastically in and out of focus, Katrina Mitchell’s vocal gliding along Craig Armstrong’s majestic string arrangement. Now, you can watch the accompanying video.
“‘Kicking Leaves’ is sunblind chill in Fall, or maybe the cool warmth of late Spring, depending on which hemisphere you’re standing in right now. If it’s Autumn where you are, every breath trails white as quiet colours collide in the beam of your vision. This moment of transformation is one The Pastels have always captured well, when you’re see-sawing between states, just before diving in with typical boldness and bravura (the strings skirling around the song’s coda capture that giddy moment of uncertainty perfectly).