Kettle Of Kites Go 'Supernova' With New Video // UK Dates This Week

Supernova’ is the sublime new single from - KETTLE OF KITES. With the release of their sci-fi inspired new album, ‘Arrows’, fast-approaching, ‘Supernova’ offers another illuminating insight into the many cerebral discoveries that await. Watch and listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_RzndouaQ&feature=youtu.be

A celtic-inflected cosmic wonder, ‘Supernova’ finds Tom Stearn and co. utilising the organic and electronic to create a complex composition that pulses with hypnotic rhythms and twitching percussion. With artists from Kraftwerk to Kate Bush having ruminated on the potential for love between man and machine, ‘Supernova' sees Kettle of Kites carrying the torch for this unusual songwriting tradition with their latest single. In line with the other songs to be found on upcoming album ‘Arrows’, ‘Supernova’ takes inspiration from the works of iconic science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, with this particular track homing-in on one of his classic tales which follows a girl who finds herself falling for a robot.

As Kettle of Kites frontman Tom Stearn explains: “‘Supernova’ is in fact a love story between a robot and a human, but it's not clear which is the human and which is the robot. It's a reflection on what love really is, how it affects us and where the line is between the realities and fictions we tell ourselves, between 'programmed' feelings and the inexplicable reasons we love something or someone.”

The single is accompanied by an exquisite new video directed by Tiziano Colucci. Exploring the themes expressed by the song, the ‘Supernova’ video creates a visual storybook of places where the natural and man-made worlds meet and the beauty or juxtaposition that is created in these situations. Shot in a number of locations around Italy, using Super-8 analogue film, the video provides a fittingly retro-futuristic aesthetic of rich, nostalgic and imperfect character.

‘Supernova’ is the latest in a string of singles including ‘Orchid’, ‘Weathervane’ and ‘Oliver’ that chart the pathway to the band’s much anticipated new album ‘Arrows’ this Autumn. A science fiction concept album that traverses the listener through space, time and beyond, the record features 9 tracks of stimulating post-rock each inspired by the groundbreaking ideas of Isaac Asimov.

In preview of the album, the international-spanning collective will be heading to the UK for two special live shows in London and Glasgow this September in which they will perform tracks from ‘Arrows’ as a full band. With tickets on sale now, details for each of the gigs can be found here:

UK LIVE DATES

• 6 September - The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
• 8 September - Underbelly Hoxton, London

Tickets available here: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/kettle-of-kites

LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘SUPERNOVA’ HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_RzndouaQ&feature=youtu.be