Spotlight Kid - Departure...

Spotlight Kid is both Chris Davis and Katty Heath. Davis, before the project, could be found in Six by Seven while Heath was in Bent. After Davis formed Spotlight Kid in ’05 and Heath joining the fold soon after, the two set work on the full-length album Departure which was just released this past September on Club AC30. The album is a nice blend of 90’s alt/indie rock and early shoegaze. While I think the album leans more heavily on influences from both Swervedriver and Curve, the album still ventures out to put together some fairly lush sounding arrangements that include keyboards and horns among them. Departure is a pretty nice result from the group that manages to bring together an array of different styles and influences without the clutter.

Spotlight Kid – Can’t Let Go (This Feeling) [MP3]
Spotlight Kid – A Million Ways [MP3]

If you like what you hear the album Departure is available at Tonevendor. To listen to some more tunes you can check out their MySpace which has some other cuts from the album.