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Music: Rock/Pop KIT w/ High Places, Breezy Days Band, and Bay/Oslo Double Trio

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It's hard to be hardcore with a straight face these days, so KIT opt for cheeky smiles. Singer Kristy might start off a song with a playful recorder line, which in turn signals an abrupt plow-through of eight bars of distorted guitar and no-frills drumming worthy of Youth Brigade, only to wind up back at the original whistling filigree. Their most recent album, Broken Voyage, invites easy Deerhoof comparisons for its skittish flirtations with pop, but this Oakland foursome clearly prefers the slash-and-burn tempo of punk (minus the war paint and spikes).

– Matt Sussman

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