Yorkshire duo Kimber headline York’s Victoria Vaults this coming Friday, December 2 2022 as they launch their debut EP. The EP, titled Slow Moon, Long Night, is released by York label Safe Suburban Home Records. The band recently featured on Steve Lamacq’s show on BBC 6 Music.
Kimber are producers, multi-instrumentalists and long-time friends – Mikey Wilson and Josh Heffernan. Their northern, working-class roots and work ethic emerge in their approach to making music: DIY, self-engineered, self-produced and self-mixed, with both members putting money aside each week to slowly build their shared home studio. Their studio space has become a sanctuary, with their passion for production and gear allowing Kimber to experiment sonically as well as be self-sufficient artists.
The output is heavily textured with hints of Mount Kimbie in the woozy production, Beach House in the melancholic melodies and New Order with the dynamic basslines. There is an impressive looseness to their sound, with a ‘performed-not-programmed’ ethos, drawn from their passion for capturing an authentic human feel. Kimber’s music is neither austere electronica or the simple bounce of new-wave. It sits somewhere between the cracks.
Chris White, owner of Victoria Vaults, said ‘it’s great to see local talent from the York area appearing at the Vaults. We’re looking forward to a great night.’
Kimber will be joined on the night by Kitty VR and Everything After Midnight.
Doors are at 8pm. Tickets are £5, available on the door.
