The Kind Hills return with โAll Your Promises,โ a soft but quietly defiant indie-pop gem about choosing yourself when a situation has taken too much. The track looks at the moment when staying hurts more than leaving. So it turns the page with hope, stepping into an unknown future with a bruised heart, a clearer head, and, thank goodness, a little light still left on.
The bandโs story makes that feeling even more charming. The Kind Hills are old friends who first met while studying in Perth, Australia, back when concerts, mischief, and late-night parties were the order of the day. Now scattered across four continents, Martin in Brisbane, Roman in Lucerne, Brett in Perth, Jess in London, Bea in Los Angeles, and Chase in Hong Kong, they have become a truly long-distance dream-pop machine. After Clusterluck in 2023 and Feeling Blue With You in 2025, both earning radio play across Australia, Switzerland, and the US, they are heading toward their third album, Little Epiphanies, due May 10, 2026.
โAll Your Promisesโ fits neatly into their laid-back, dreamy world, but there is steel under the softness. The drums hit hard and stay constant, almost like a heartbeat refusing to panic. Around them, shimmering, softly strummed guitars glow warmly, giving the song that late-night-walk-home feeling, when everything hurts, but the air still feels fresh.
Then the vocal comes in, gentle, husky, and beautifully resilient. She sings as if she has finally run out of excuses for someone elseโs damage, repeating the need to go far away until it feels more like medicine. So, yeah, โAll Your Promisesโ is not dramatic for dramaโs sake. It is calm, wounded, wise, and brave.
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Review by: Naomi Joan