The Kite Machine
Since forming in 2011, Geelong trio The Kite Machine have established themselves as the area’s premier funk rock export, and now they continue to see exponential growth on a national scale. Earlier this month the group embarked on a mini tour which hits Sydney tonight, to celebrate the release of their latest single ‘Charlotte’.
For frontman Levi Anderson, tonights show in Sydney carries an added level of significance. “I’m pretty keen to get up to Sydney because I spent a few of my childhood years growing up in Sydney. I’m hoping to get a few of my friends along that haven’t seen the band yet because we haven’t performed in Sydney before,” said Levi.
The show at Frankie’s will be the third stop on the tour, which Levi hopes will continue the run of fantastic crowd turnouts. “We had a whole lot of people rock up that we’ve never seen before and they were all singing and dancing along, which was a great feeling. We’ve never played Frankie’s before but we’ve heard really good things about the place and can’t wait to see what the vibe is.”
As The Kite Machine have yet to play in Sydney, the trio will be relying on the success of their recent single, which rapidly rose to the number one spot on Triple J’s Unearthed charts. “We got to number one in like two or three days and managed to sit there for a few weeks,” reflected Levi. “We got the word out and told everyone we knew plus our Facebook fans to jump on to give it a like and review, but it shot a lot higher than we thought.”
Following on from the success of both the single and this current tour, Levi hinted to City Hub that an album was the next target in their sights, and is currently “in the pipeline but we can’t promise anything yet”. The trio’s plan is to “hopefully get back in the studio later this year to finish off enough tunes for an album, which will hopefully be out next year”.
While Levi usually writes his songs from a fictional perspective – because as he coyly said, “I can come up with stories that are more entertaining than my real life experiences” – it wouldn’t come as a great shock if that were to change in the future, with the success and touring that the group is currently experiencing.
Jun 30, 9pm. Frankie’s Pizza, 50 Hunter Street, Sydney. FREE. Info: frankiespizzabytheslice.com
