One of those bands whose names I often saw around the traps, I actually happened across Newcastle acousmatronic (see what I did there? I'm just taking the liberity of creating my own hybrid genre names now) band Firekites while browsing the Spunk website (an excellent source for superb music, by the way - home to the likes of Bat for Lashes, Explosions in the Sky, Mates of State etc).
The music of Firekites is very lush - warm, folkish acoustics with the lightest of electronica-style touches - and it sounds a bit like Kings of Convenience meets Fleet Foxes, with the lush warmth of Belle & Sebastian thrown in for good measure. They're a pretty new band - formed in 2005 - and have released one album, some tracks of which can be heard at the official Firekites MySpace page.
Their clip for 'Autumn Story' is VERY cool. Chalk animation!
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