Vanishing Kids - The Selfish Mirror (2005)

In the high pressure game of Promo Sump Bingo, sometimes you win big. Vanishing Kids, an act wholly unknown to me, lists themselves as “somnambulic doom,” and that sounded interesting enough to snatch from the murky waters and scurry away with to my Ape Cave of Solitude. The thing is, they’re not really doom at all. In fact, they’re one of those rare bands that openly defies easy classification. Every time you think you have them pigeonholed, they sprout 4 new musical tendrils with which to crush the ducks you’d lined up so nicely in a row. The core of the Wisconsin-based outfit’s sound is undeniably the heavy, psychedelic rock of the 70s, but that’s merely the jump off point for a weird exploration of metal, shoegaze, indie rock and a host of off-kilter ideas purloined from emo, alternative music and Krautrock. The music is very heavy in mood, even if it’s not actually heavy metal as we know it. It’s also intensely captivating, and maybe, just maybe, a work of real genius.

01_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Shadow_Of_A_Doubt
02_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Tell_Me
03_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Sleeping_Beats
04_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Good_Life
05_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Tides_of_Revival
06_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Rest_The_Glove
07_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_The_Distance_Between
08_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_The_Selfish_Mirror
09_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Snow_Angel
10_-_Vanishing_Kids_-_Talk

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