Sunday School

chloe chaidez's first ever band was called wild youth, who played raucous cover versions. so far, so unremarkable. except that chloe formed wild youth when she was ten, supported the likes of conor o'berst, midlake and band of horses, and split the group up at the ripe old age of thirteen. now chloe chaidez is the centrifugal force in la' newest underground indiepop stormtroopers kitten. when her second combo stalked the stages of sxsw and cmj last year she was already looking at becoming a rock 'n' roll veteran at the age of fifteen. the 'sunday school' ep is kitten's debut uk release. it features five smouldering songs with alluring nods to past dirty deeds done good, careering from sultry pop which references the boss and nods towards karen o ('kill the light') to the powerpopping nena-chopping new wave shapes of 'chinatown' which is bouyantly kim wilde at heart. in short, the ep is a sassy blend of artrock sensibilities, gently gothic traumas and sunnyside-up billy idolising commercial tricks. in shorter, within 37 seconds chaivez's age (she is now 16) has become irrelevant. kitten blend jagged song structures and raw intensity with an irresistible sensibility to create a razor-sharp take on neo-new wave and post-punk. throw in the band's relentless live shows, a kinetic experience that's part iggy pop, part the cure and part cat power - and which earned them a 'best new discovery of sxsw' tag on spin.com - and you can see why they are building a fervent fanbase right up the west coast.