Currently anchored in his Cypriot studio, Hot Soap Studios, the international artist KAIS has crafted another uplifting alt-indie rock hit out of Hot Air Balloon. It blends the anthemics of Muse with the choral hooks of Oasis, finding plenty of room for the off-kilter grungy rock licks that add resilience to the progressively evocative single.

The earworm takes an unassuming object and uses it to verse on the notion of mental sanctity and freedom from the mechanics of modern enslavement. All to the tune of the 90s Britpop era aesthetics mixed with rich psychedelic synthetics.

The upbeat funk-laced indie guitars and even more zealous basslines give the Taylor Hawkins-Esque drums from percussionist Stefanos Eliopolous even more of a punch under KAIS’ honeyed vocal harmonics.

KAIS said:

“This song paints the analogy of a Hot Air Balloon as it relates to pregnancy, resembling the growth of a woman’s tummy to the inflation of a Hot Air Balloon. As pregnancy moves along and the process unfolds, whereby a spirit permeates and rises into the boundless world, a Hot Air Balloon grows and rises into the ether (where our thoughts drift and amalgamate) in about the same way.”

Amelia Vandergast, the Executive Editor at A&R Factory said:

“Every time, KAIS breezes back even better than the last time we heard his exploratively introspective tracks, which still come with that A-list radio-ready appeal, despite the seemingly infinite depth.”