From across the pond comes the four tall lads from Sheffield, UK who call
themselves Champion Kickboxer. These adopted northern Englanders have been
compared to Super Furry Animals, British Sea Power, Field Music, XTC, and
Clinic, among others, by the British press, and we'd like to throw The
Kinks, Pavement, and a monastic Beach Boys into the equation.
In an age of kitchen-sink bombast and purple orchestral pop, Champion
Kickboxer travels in an unhurried manner along an understated route brimming
with '60s harmonies, skewed guitar pop, and folk. The results are songs
that are considered, deliberate yet natural; songs that are at once awkward
and beautiful, timeless and anachronistic yet contemporary.