Since this is the #zot2016 review, today we present a usual album released in 2016 that we didn’t listen to last year but have now revisited, more or less beneficially.

Kyle Craft, born in 1989, is one of the emerging names on the roster of the popular label Sub Pop Records. With his second album set to be released soon (the first songs are already circulating), I suggest his debut album ('Dolls of Highland') which came out in April 2016. Clearly inspired by the sounds of the sixties and seventies, particularly the glam rock of Marc Bolan, a certain Elton John, David Bowie, and some shades of the more polished Lou Reed and derivatives (like New York Dolls), not to mention some southern rock inflections (he’s American) and a few Bob Dylan pretensions... Kyle Craft is undoubtedly one of the catchiest and most convincing newcomers in the pop-rock scene, and perhaps with his next album, he could become so 'hype' that he might completely overshadow the garage revival of Ty Segall as the most considered mood in the indie scene which evidently now desires music that’s different to chew on. As far as I’m concerned, the thing about this guy is that he’s perhaps too talented, and for that reason, he kind of gets on my nerves, but his songs are undeniably too listenable not to enjoy.

3.5-4/5 for principle.

Kyle Craft - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)