Candid Kid

It’s not so much a thought as it is an energy. Written around the idea of capturing what it’s like to immerse yourself in a fleeting emotion that can happen in a certain moment, Blush (2017), the sophomore album by Minneapolis band Candid Kid, finds the quartet pushing their limits and reveling in who they have become as a band.

In the style of bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Royal Blood, the band worked with producer Brett Bullion (Bad Bad Hats, Low, Halloween, Alaska) on Blush to adapt the doctrine of the band’s grinding live show and filter it into five songs that collects the chemistry between four players that’s tight and disciplined with a unique style as natural as it is fun.

The first single “Jeans” best epitomizes the band’s new direction they have been working towards, which Doten describes as frenetic and discombobulated. The songs pulse with fanatical insistence -- their intensity multiplying the effectiveness of the album’s ambition, rather than stifling it.

Benjamin Muller - Vocals, GuitarTanner Uselmann - GuitarCooper Doten - Bass, VocalsReese Kling - Drums

Past Shows


Dec
27
th
2018
7th St Entry
Dec
27
th
2018
7th St Entry

Candid Kid

with Wingman and Go For Retro
Aug
17
th
2017
7th St Entry
Aug
17
th
2017
7th St Entry

The Kickback

with The Usual Things and Candid Kid
Aug
5
th
2017
Turf Club
Aug
5
th
2017
Turf Club
Jun
29
th
2017
7th St Entry
Jun
29
th
2017
7th St Entry

The Usual Things

with The Modern Era and Candid Kid
Jun
8
th
2017
7th St Entry
Jun
8
th
2017
7th St Entry

Candid Kid

with Wingman and Jennie Lawless
Apr
23
rd
2017
7th St Entry
Apr
23
rd
2017
7th St Entry

Twinsmith

with TYTE JEFF and Candid Kid
Apr
1
st
2015
Turf Club
Apr
1
st
2015
Turf Club

Candid Kid

with Carbon Handshake and DANNY O’BRIEN of THE FAREWELL CIRCUIT
Aug
11
th
2014
7th St Entry
Aug
11
th
2014
7th St Entry

These Wild Plains

with Candid Kid and CHALK
May
10
th
2014
Turf Club
May
10
th
2014
Turf Club

The Hudson Branch

with Candid Kid and Daniel

More Shows

Feb
8
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The Fitzgerald Theater

A Black History Month Celebration
The Sound of Gospel

Feb
3
rd
Fine Line

Lauren Mayberry

Jan
18
th
7th St Entry

Lutalo

Dec
3
rd
7th St Entry

The Thing