Kioea (kēōˈāə or key-o-e-ah)) is an instrumental band based in Maine. Founded in 2019 by guitarist Carand Burnet (care-and-burn-it), Kioea blends surf rock, psychedelic music, and global influences to craft expansive instrumentals. Kioea’s EP and album Stand Tall, have been featured as “New & Notable” releases by Bandcamp. Kioea has performed at 3S Artspace, The Music Hall, The Thing in the Spring Festival, WMUR’s Summer Concert Series, and elsewhere.
“Dazzling guitar work forms the centerpiece of the new EP from Kioea, featuring exploratory songs that hold a tight grip.”
“The debut LP from Kioea is dreamy psychedelic surf music that calls back to the ’60s while feeling remarkably contemporary.”
– Bandcamp “New & Notable”
Press
Album Review: Kioea’s Stand Tall by Doyle Dean / North Country Public Radio
Album Review: Maine’s Kioea — Reviving the Sound of Surf Guitar / The Arts Fuse
Kioea :: S/T / Aquarium Drunkard
Song Review – “Black Sand Beach”
Kioea brings its psychedelic surf rock to Loading Dock Series at 3S
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Discography
Stand Tall — Release date: 08/18/2023
Selected as a Bandcamp “New & Notable” Release
Audio engineering and mixing by Chris Chase / The Noise Floor
Mastering by Adrian Morgan / Timeless Mastering
Album art by Yuji Hiratsuka
Kioea EP — Release date: 05/06/2022
Selected as a Bandcamp “New & Notable” Release
Audio engineering and mixing by Chris Chase / The Noise Floor
Mastering by Adrian Morgan / Timeless Mastering
Album artwork by Tara Morin
Radio and Podcast Music Features
- Guitar Radio Show with Mark Daven
- Love is the Song We Sing, WQBM, 10/17/23
- The Dean’s List with Doyle Dean, NCPR
- The Clint Beachwood Show 67.3
- Crystal Ship Psychedelic Radio Show
- Love is the Song We Sing, WQBM
- The Clint Beachwood Show 64.3
- Mutants of the East Interview, WMPG
- Love is the Song We Sing, WQBM
- Catching a Wave
- A Day at The Beach
- Riding the Tsunami’s Ripcurl, WRIR
Press photos by John Skewes
Press Contact: contact@kioeamusic.com