Hype Monitor: Kiss Me at the Gate, Cause Co-Motion and Desolation Wilderness

[Rolling_Stone]

Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet. The Band: Kiss Me at the Gate The Buzz: Spry, female-fronted indie band craft sugary, breakneck songs with big hooks. Listen If: You can name the last three Juliana Hatfield records or often find yourself arguing that the second Belly album is underrated. Key Track: "Come On," where pouty vocalist Claire Cormany begs "Come on, come on, the water's warm / And I don't want to swim alone" as guitars turn dizzying loop-de-loops behind her. The Band: Cause Co-Motion The Buzz: Wound-up New York noiseniks bang out 90-second pop hits, swaddled in so much echo it sounds like the Television Personalities at the bottom of a well. Listen If: You think most indie bands are far too polished, and gravitate toward what could best be defined as "nursery school chic." Key Track: "Who's Gonna Care?", where a spindly guitar lick twitches and kicks over a heart-attack drum beat. The Band: Desolation Wildnerness The Buzz: Call them Cause Co-Motion's gloomier older brother: Olympia band creeps and croons across hypnotic, dreamlike guitar-pop. Listen If: You've got a thing for trances, or for playing Jesus & Mary Chain records at the wrong speed. Key Track: "And All the Boys Looked," a gorgeous lullaby where pillows of echoey guitar cradle Nicolaas Zwart's distant vocals.

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