Kyla and the Keys are a post punk alternative pop project put together by British-Belgian couple Kyla Bailey and David Goffin. Their latest album Opposite Lock is out and might appeal to several generations of listeners. Musically rooted in the couple's formative years of the 80s but refusing to fall for cheap nostalgia, KATK just play the music they'd like to hear on the radio and they like a lot of different things indeed.
It has been said that this is an album of mature content and it certainly is the case. KATK aren't young and they aren't hiding it, if anything they're embracing it. Free from fashions or pressure they present their true selves.
Based on jam sessions organised by David with Belgian friends Philippe Depireux on drums (of Belgian band Jo Lemaire+Flouze, once collaborators of Mancunian legend Vini Reilly), Philippe 'Pitou' Mercier on guitar (and late-in-life saxophone debutant José 'Titi' Noël added to the mix as he was passing by), KATK's music feels real and organic because it was created by people having fun. Recorded over a week in Belgium the jam sessions produced a quantity of ideas that were all recorded live. David then spent time in the studio putting things together with the creative freedom allowed by modern production techniques.
Kyla says her lyrics, inspired by the mood of the pieces, are partly autobiographical. They celebrate the concept of Change. When you lose direction and are drifting in full opposite lock with little hope of regaining control (I Feel Good, In Your Mind). With humour when your body changes against your own will (Hot Hot Hot). When you take your future in your own hands (All Eyes on Kay) or when memories carry the scar of past traumatic changes (Having Fun). This is a woman writing about life at 50, and why it should be celebrated.
The album is available on all streaming platforms and available as a limited edition CD.
Video for the first single I Feel Good: https://youtu.be/dVmNTxhkgs8
Contact David: v92dvg@gmail.com
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