Kid Cornered and the Ice Chest Orchestra Blue Mountains, Australia
Kid Cornered is the work of Matthew J Toohey. Having played in a number of different bands - El Mopa, The Woods Themselves, Browning, Via Tania - he has released six albums under the Kid Cornered/Ice Chest Orchestra moniker. Mining the territory of the sad melody and off-kilter guitar, Toohey's songs are dreamy excursions into lost souls and lost love. ... more
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