Kevin Bronson on September 17th, 2013

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At its Bootleg Bar residency in August, O.C. quintet Kiev displayed an ambitious, even audacious, feel for creating expansive soundscapes out of seemingly disparate parts. Twitching beats commingle with funky bass lines; psychedelic freakouts give way to jazz interludes; yearning vocals wriggle through arrangements that many prog-rockers might have stripped back. It’s not three-chords-and-a-cloud-of-dust music, which is probably why the band – singer-guitarist Robert Brinkerhoff, keyboardist-guitarist Alex Wright, bassist Derek Poulsen, keyboardist-saxophonist Andy Stavas and percussionist Brandon Corn – have taken a minute to follow up their promising 2011 EP. Kiev announced this week that its debut full-length, “Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth,” would be released Oct. 22; the album was co-produced by the band and Chris Shaw, whose fingerprints can be found on records by Super Furry Animals, Wilco, Ween, Elvis Perkins and Nada Surf, among others. “Falling Bough” is a minimalist, atmospheric jam with some insistent keys that might remind you of a certain British band.

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