Lancaster / Brooklyn-based Kodak Kid follows up last year's single Junk (feat. Boo Kickz + Seye Adelekan) with the new track Half Moon - out on the 14th of August.Reeling from a painful breakup, Luke sought solace in the classic 60s pop of The Ronettes and The Beach Boys. The result is a lo-fi surf-revival bop shot through with dub and jazz — a heartbreak song that feels like a melancholy Californian summer's evening. Beneath the vibrant, noisy surf-rock guitars and widescreen Beach Boys harmonies runs a weary, bittersweet ache of having to start over once again, distilled in the refrain "what a story to tell, better luck next time."The earworm riffs and vocal melodies will lodge in your brain instantly, while touches of drum machine, dub echo and saxophone pull the track somewhere hazier. Vocals drawing comparison to Damon Albarn and King Krule carry the weight of the world and human warmth all at once.
Once again mixed by Dilip Harris (King Krule, Shabaka, Little Dragon), whose spacious touch ties the sun-kissed sonics and the dissonant, cathartic sadness together.For melancholic/cathartic, lo-fi rock, leftfield indie and surf-revival playlists.