Drawing comparisons to Ra Ra Riot, Defiance Ohio, Arcade Fire, Cursive, and the Pixies can never be a bad thing. In fact it’s working quite nicely for Brooklyn’s Kittens Ablaze.

Kittens Ablaze is an emerging six-piece indie-punk garage band that features piano, cello, violin, bass, and guitar that circle a lead singer/drummer like paganistic sundanders at a bonfire.

Recently they were voted MTV U’s band of the week, which you can check out here. They also had somewhat of a humorous mention by Mick Jones of the Clash in the New York Times. On top of everything else they are proud Obama supporters. For more information you can head over to their MySpace page. I think we will be hearing quite a bit frome these guys in the near future.

Kittens Ablaze – Strobelight (mp3)
Kittens Ablaze – This Machine is Dying (mp3)