The Coolest in the World by Kilden is a sepia-soaked hymn to euphoric freedom

Kilden painted a melodic folk-rock panorama with the sun-streaked single, The Coolest in the World. While rooted in the laid-back haze of 70s California, the release spills far beyond vintage Americana comfort. It’s a love letter to unshakeable connection, woven with organ glissandos, indie croons, and a voice that carries far more than timbre and lyricism. It’s heatwaves through warped film reels, it’s freedom caught mid-drift, it’s Brussels-born Kilden building dioramas of faraway lands with a deeply cultivated instinct for atmospheric storytelling. You’d put money on him being a Laurel Canyon native, the way the soundscapes sprawl and swell like they’ve been kissed by Pacific breezes. But there’s a more poignant irony bubbling under the mellow ease. Titularly, The Coolest in the World hints at irony, at understatement, at anti-panache, but it becomes a euphoric expression of how weightless love can make you feel. The kind that makes you forget everyone else, the kind that gets you drunk without a drop, the kind that has you hovering somewhere above expectation and convention. Timeless in tone and timely in the escapism it delivers, The Coolest in the World is a sepia-soaked salvation for the soul-starved. Kilden may be thousands of miles […]

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