| “This
is what it’s all about. Standing in a noisy, sweaty, packed room above
a pub, waiting for a few indie nobodies to tune their guitars and get going.
Kicker are fantastic. An indie pop Stereolab play the Supremes while St.
Etienne twiddle the knobs. Maybe. They open with a blessed out near-psychedelic
instrumental. They close with the b-side of forthcoming For Us single, a
glorious cacophony of electronic bleeps, swirling keyboards, interweaving
male/female vocals and strategic ‘bah da bah’s. Lovely.”
- Review of our live debut Unnatural
and Wrong, Oct 1999 |
“The
Heavenly Social is a small venue near the heart of London and is very trendy
to all the liggers and art-fags of the pseudo-music scene. Miles apart is
the grungy Bar Undersolo in the grubby and filthy Camden Town which features
once a month the excellent indie evening called the Track & Field Organisation
which is run by an energetic bunch of people. Such enthusiasm and motivation
is needed to host such events in a very cynical music climate. Lots of interesting
small bands have been past these doors on a much encouraged platform and
I am happy to say that the organisers are assisting artists further with
their new singles club. First release is the promising band called Kicker
with Said and Done (Track and Field Organisation) which is basically a chunk
of melodic power pop which only the English know how to do best. Just listening
to it, you can envisage a misty and rainy autumn street. Tight arrangements,
boy and girl vocals-you know the score.” Fractal Press August 2000
“Kicker
are a five-piece who should do well. A new single is being financed by Track
& Field on the back of the Winter Sprinter. Kicker have also got the
right looks and tunes, which can only add to the momentum. The first track
is an instrumental with trademark Hooky basslines. The band then launch
into a superb hybrid of French pop and She Bangs The Drums-era Stone Roses.
I couldn't see if the moogs had been let out to play, but it certainly sounded
that way. Kicker have a spiky/snappy approach but were let down by the vocals
being too quiet. Still a band that look like a sexy version of Elastica
and sound like Stereolab playing Made of Stone is alright in my book.”
Music for Girls Zine Feb 2000