Kindness
Kindness, a one-man indie disco-funk band comprised of Adam Bainbridge, made its commercial recording debut with the “Swingin Party” single on Moshi Moshi Records in 2009. Splitting his time between London and Berlin, he cites influences that include American disco icons Arthur Russell, Larry Levan, and Leroy Burgess. The commercial recording debut of Kindness, “Swingin Party,” a disco-punk cover version of the Replacements song, was an MP3 blog favorite in 2009, as was its B-side, “Gee Up.” Promotional videos were released for both songs, and numerous comparisons were drawn between Kindness and Talking Heads. LCD Soundsystem and the DFA label were also frequently drawn comparisons. In late 2011, Kindness released a second single, “Cyan,” on Terrible Records in the U.S. and Female Energy in the U.K. The band’s first full-length followed soon after in the first quarter of 2012. World, You Need a Change of Mind was issued by Female Energy/Polydor and featured all the previously released singles as well as an unexpectedly lovely and dubbed-out cover of Anita Dobson’s “Anyone Can Fall in Love,” a song best known as the theme to the popular U.K. television show Eastenders.