{"id":11827,"date":"2020-06-30T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=11827"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:15:01","slug":"album-review-little-kid-transfiguration-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2020\/06\/30\/album-review-little-kid-transfiguration-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Little Kid :: Transfiguration Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/littlek.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Isiah Schellenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Little Kid is back with <em>Transfiguration Highway<\/em> after releasing <em>Might As Well With My Soul<\/em> back in 2018<em>.<\/em>\u00a0 This is the band\u2019s fourth album and first release on Brooklyn&#8217;s Solitaire Recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On <em>Transfiguration Highway,<\/em> the instrumentation is simple but very thoughtful and in detail. There is nothing sparse from the hushed vocal harmonies to the full band arrangements. Everything on this album comes together and compliments itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A perfect example of this is \u201cThief of the Cross\u201d which happens to be the first single released from the album. The song starts with an almost drone like chord progression, but it\u2019s backed together with a shimmery plucked banjo that carries throughout the song. Then the chorus comes howling in with everything happening at once which makes a catchy hook. Even the quieter moments on the album still have a big impact like on \u2018\u2019Candles out\u201d. The song is just vocals and piano, and it is the shortest song. The piano has a blissful tone and a peaceful melody. In the background of the song you can hear flickering notes that make their way in through the quiet ending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lyrics on the album are a mix of religious references and real-life situations.\u201cIt really is amazing I don\u2019t know how you do it, never much for playing but you always had a way with losing\u201d. This is from the song \u201cLosing\u201d \u2014 it shows the frustration of loss even knowing that it could happen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the 11 tracks, this album describes the feeling of going down a road that starts with a feeling of loss and uncertainty to seeing growth and understanding changes. This album has a way of portraying those feelings well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Isiah Schellenberg Toronto\u2019s Little Kid is back with Transfiguration Highway after releasing Might As Well With My Soul back in 2018.\u00a0 This is the band\u2019s fourth album and first release on Brooklyn&#8217;s Solitaire Recordings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11829,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827\/revisions\/11829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}