Go Kart Mozart is a band founded by Lawrence, originally of the bands Felt and Denim. The sound of the band is similar to Denim, although with an emphasis on synthesizers rather than guitars. The songs are short in nature, most never going over three minutes. The lyrics are often funny and satirical. Their name comes from a line in the lyrics of Blinded by the Light, a song written by Bruce Springsteen.
In 1999, Go Kart Mozart released their debut album, Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture. It was issued on the Cherry Red subsidiary label West Midlands Records. Tearing Up The Album Charts followed in 2005, and was again released on West Midlands.
Released specially on Record Store Day 2012 (April) New World in the Morning, a cover of the Roger Whittaker song, was a stand alone single and also featured in the film Lawrence of Belgravia.
This was soon followed by the new album On the Hot Dog Streets, which was released on June 2012 through West Midlands. An EP 'Mozart Mini-Mart' was expected to come out, but it's on hold.
On The Hot Dog Streets contains songs from the unreleased CD "Denim Take Over", as well as several new compositions.
Famous quotes containing the word mozart:
“Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)