Kish Mauve - Black Heart

TRACKLIST:

1. Lose Control
2. Matthew
3. I Don't Care
4. In My Kitchen
5. Can't Get Enough
6. Together In Electric Dreams
7. Black Heart
8. I'm In Love With A German Film Star
   
9. Come On
10. Morphine
11. You Make Me Feel
12. Modern Love
13. Lover
14. Fahrenheit
15. I'm In Love With Your Rock 'N Roll

I only recently got to listen to their album. I had heard of them before, they produced a track or two for Kylie but she just decided to use a cover of their track - TWO HEARTS which isn't on their album. But is still one hell of a track.

So who are Kish Mauve and why am i in love with them so much. Kish are Mima Stilwell on vocals and Jim Elliott on the synthesizer. The videos feature an extra drummer and guitarist, which i think are a part of their live band.

The band have this very modern sound, "synth rock influenced dance pop" is what i would categorize them under. All the songs on their album boast of amazing production, well layered sounds and catchy hooks. Mima's vocals aren't really that strong, but the production covers up for it. Why the hell they aren't famous yet, i'll never know!

LOSE CONTROL is amazing. Kylie was more than foolish to omit that off her album. Kylie's version of the song was incomplete. If you listen to Kish's version, you will see hell lot of difference. Splitting synth and guitar to different channels is a very good idea. I love how guitarry a dance track can be, and still stay within the pop limits. Jim Elliott is genius!

MATTHEW is superb!! Love the bassline, the grunge guitars. If Rachel Stevens recorded this, she would have easily had a hit with it. Beautifully designed. It kinda reminds me of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "You Get Yours" in the bridge.

I DON'T CARE has got an amazing bassline. The chorus sounds like some old Kylie song. But i can't figure out which one it is.

IN MY KITCHEN is a nice country-meets-modernrock-meets-dance-meet-3009! It could easily be a Girls Aloud song. It would suit them.

CAN'T GET ENOUGH is brilliant. Its featured on a Rimmel advert. It didn't end up on their album, which i think is stupid, but its amazing!

TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS, again not on the album, but still such a good track

The only song which i didn't really like is the title song BLACK HEART. I'm not sure why i don't like it. Its actually pretty good, but there's something about the song which puts me off. Maybe it just drags on for the longest 4 minutes. Jim's on vocals here. The song seems like its trying too hard...

I'M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR is so much better than the other versions i have heard online.

COME ON and MODERN LOVE are singles. They're both really good. Easy fan favourites. That is probably why they are singles. Both have that bit of retro touch to them.

MORPHINE has got to be a single, its freakisly catchy and amazing.. and, this could easily be a Girls Aloud song too.

YOU MAKE ME FEEL is just the sexiest song i've heard since ages. Kylie wrote it. Again, why she rejected this song off X i will never know! But who cares. Kish sound amazing on it.

One of their songs called LOVER is also amazing, its not on the album though. FAHRENHEIT and I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR ROCK AND ROLL are both really good (Jim is on main vocals on the latter. W-O-W!) And they close the album well.