Fueled by Julia Chirka, Justin Kellam and Nick Krgovich of P:ano, the songs somehow use countless instruments, drum machine beats and harmonies, but never does a song seem crowded. Each element is heard crisply and clearly and the results are fantastic.
The opening track, Great Escape, is an organic number with nice matching drum snares, keys, strings and horn flourishes. You quickly realize that No Kids use precise arrangements that you wouldn't expect from such a young band. Instead of constant ebbs and flows, they prefer syncopated rhythms that expose more classical, jazz roots.
They pick up the pace on the lead single, Halloween. The falsetto vocals and harmonies turn this into a funky Prince-ish track, well without tons of purple. The programmed beats dance from channel to channel, making it impossible to sit still and you engulfed by the track. The delicate strings they add just before the horn breakdown to end the song are amazing as are the picked violin strings that open the sexy R & B The Beaches All Closed. The thick reverb on the kick drum add some grit to this track. Bluster in the Air follows suit, letting some nice stabbing strings provide the frame for the trio's falsettos and nicely placed horns.
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