Hailing from the same former shoe-manufacturing capital of the world that brought us delicate poet Rob Zombie and hard rocker John Greenleaf Whittier, No-Shadow Kick was formed in 1994 under a completely different name and played music they're too embarrassed to talk about right now. Joshua (guitar, vocals), Tom (bass) and Shawn (drums) were HAPPY. From the rural hills of Haverhill, Massachusetts, the boys migrated to the rural-er hills of Northampton, Massachusetts, where they have long since ceased looking for an audience to play in front of.

They released their DIY self-destructing debut Basement Make-Out Party in 1999, a full-length CD written and recorded in the band's basement rehearsal space. After releasing a promo EP in 2001 (aptly titled The Promo EP), the band shrewdly decided to avoid the limelight by waiting four more years before releasing their latest effort, 2005's hastily assembled Spatializing Sound in the Time Domain. Joshua left the group to pursue husbandry, while Shawn cleverly decided that since he knew how to play drums, he could probably play guitar, too. With Tom taking over vocal responsibilities, Sturgis Cunningham was added to the lineup in an attempt to inject a slight amount of professionalism into the group. The attempt failed, but he was retained regardless.

The No-Shadow Kick (adding the "The" to the beginning of the band name - that was another shrewd marketing move) does not play live very often. The No-Shadow Kick does not rehearse often, or really see each other all that much, either. As of this writing, there isn't even a photo of all of the band members in the same place at the same time. Though they would like to think of themselves as "mysterious" or perhaps even "enigmatic", they are, in fact, not. They do, however, write some pretty good songs every once in awhile.

Official Homepage - with mp3 downloads and other crap

NSK on MySpace