Boston alt-rock outfit Burn Kit presents their new single ‘Looking Through The Window At You’, a grungewave tune that bonds together influences of post-punk, shoegaze, new wave and grunge rock.
Burn Kit is a five-piece band comprised of vocalist Valentino Valpa, guitarist Joshua Sawhill, guitarist Frank Nordaby, drummer Andrew Mattern with bass duties split between Padraic McGuire (touring) and Christopher Belmonte (studio recordings).
Formed in 2024, their music channels a hardcore energy with a sound that is both nostalgic and refreshing. They wasted no time, their first year seeing them complete five tours involving 138 shows in 38 different countries, not to mention the recording of ‘Demo Tape’, a handful of singles and their most recently-release – their debut ‘Fallen Rose’ EP.
Apart from being released digitally, ‘Looking Through The Window At You’ is one side of Burn Kit’s new ‘Split’ 7″, a double A-side single with Chicago band Turquoise. Each of these tracks is exclusive to this one-off limited edition black vinyl with 270 copies pressed.
“The song ‘Looking Through The Window At You’ confronts the always-known locked door that exists within all human minds. The fact that no person truly fully knows one another. There are always things we are thinking, things we won’t say and appearances we keep up admist our automation of modern daily living,” says Valentino Valpa.
Turquoise’s contribution to this double A-side single is ‘Oblivious’, a driving indie-punk anthem that channels a 90s alt-rock vibe sprinkled with a Hüsker Dü influence. Effortlessly striking a balance between muscled-up hardcore indebted riffs and soothing, textured melodies, ‘Oblivious’ appears as the band gears up for an album release. With Burn Kit also approaching their sophomore EP, the stars aligned perfectly to offer these two one-off tracks to their growing audience.
The seed for this 7” release was planted when Turquoise played a Chicago hardcore basement show with Burn Kit vocalist Valentino’s previous project. The two stayed in touch and once Burn Kit formed, this idea could finally become reality. Recorded and mixed in March-April 2025 by Ryan Stack at The Electric Cave in Portsmouth, NH, ‘Looking Through The Window At You’ was engineered by Marc McElroy and mastered by Dan Coutant at Sunroom Audio in Cornwall, NY.
Burn Kit live shows are known for their intensity and unpredictability. Frontman Valentino Valpa has been known to frequently dive into the crowd, climb various structures (both inside and outside the venue) and even make his way to other buildings in the middle of a song. Whether it’s stretching a 100-foot mic cable to end up on the roof of an adjacent building while still singing, climbing the staging at a Mexican festival, or performing the song from a tree, Valpa’s unpredictability has led to many to describe Burn Kit as “something you have to see live to fully experience”.
Accompanied by songs that invite both catharsis and chaos, this unique bond of energy and mutual understanding with the audience has led Burn Kit to unite a tight-knit group of friends and fans in DIY scenes across the world. Creating an experience that cannot be conveyed via the internet, they remind listeners of our true human nature and the importance of connecting with one another.
As of August 12, the ‘Split’ 7″ can be ordered on vinyl via Bandcamp. ‘Looking Through The Window At You’ itself can also be found there digitally, as well as other music platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. Burn Kit is touring the USA in September and touring Europe to the end of the year.
TRACK LIST
A Burn Kit – Looking Through The Window At You
B Turquoise – Oblivious
TOUR DATES
Sept. 12th – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon
Sept. 13th – Las Vegas, NV @ Dive Bar
Sept. 14th – Pomona, CA @ Glass House
Sept. 17th – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room at House Of Blues
Sept. 18th – Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
Sept. 19th – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
Sept. 20th – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
Sept. 21st – Keizer, OR @ Radness Ensues **
Sept. 22nd – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Sept. 23rd – Seattle, WA @ Funhouse at El Corazon
Sept. 24th – Medford, OR @ Rockafairy **
Sept. 25th – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
Sept. 26th – San Diego, CA @ The Print Shop **
Sept. 27th – Glendale, AZ @ The 44
Oct. 11th – Dublin, Ireland @ Sin é Dublin
Oct. 12th – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Union Bar
Oct. 13th – Glasgow, Scotland @ Nice N Sleazy
Oct. 14th – Edinburgh, Scotland @ Bannerman’s Bar
Oct. 15th – Manchester, UK @ The Castle Hotel
Oct. 16th – Liverpool, UK @ Sotto
Oct. 17th – Sheffield, UK @ Sidney And Matilda
Oct. 18th – Scunthorpe, UK @ Café Indie
Oct. 19th – London, UK @ The Red Lion Leytonstone
Oct. 20th – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Ungdomshuset
Oct. 21st – Stockholm, Sweden @ Engelen
Oct. 22nd – Oslo, Norway @ Hausmania
Oct. 23rd – Helsinki, Finland @ Lepakkomies
Oct. 24th – Tallinn, Estonia @ Kidrakuur
Oct. 25th – Riga, Latvia @ Eduarda Smiļģa Teātra Muzejs
Oct. 26th – Vilnius, Lithuania @ Sodas 2123
Oct. 27th – Gdansk, Poland @ Paszcza Lwa
Oct. 28th – Białystok, Poland @ Balance Klub
Oct. 29th – Warsaw, Poland @ Pub Motocyklowyw
Oct. 30th – Bratislava, Slovakia @ Weranda
Oct. 31st – Budapest, Hungary @ S8
Nov. 1st – Cluj-Napoca, Romania @ LMA Collective
Nov. 2nd – Chisinau, Moldova @ Artcor
Nov. 3rd – Bucharest, Romania @ Underworld Bucharest
Nov. 4th – Sofia, Bulgaria @ Fabrika Avtonomia
Nov. 5th – Skopje, North Macedonia @ Bravo Bar
Nov. 6th – Belgrade, Serbia @ Ziva
Nov. 7th – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina @ AG Club Sarajevo
Nov. 8th – Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina @ Mac Tire Pub
Nov. 9th – Zagreb, Croatia @ DVA OSAM
Nov. 10th – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Jalla Jalla
Nov. 11th – Graz, Austria @ Club Wakuum
Nov. 12th – Vienna, Austria @ Kramladen
Nov. 13th – Prague, Czech Repubic @ Kaštan
Nov. 14th – Wrocław, Poland @ Klub Szalonych
Nov. 15th – Potsdam, Germany @ Uhlandstraße 24
Nov. 16th – Hamburg, Germany @ Gängeviertel
Nov. 17th – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Roze Tanker
Nov. 18th – Hasselt, Belgium @ Café Nocturna
Nov. 19th – Luxembourg @ Café Lakert
Nov. 20th – Essen, Germany @ Anyway
Nov. 21st – Mainz, Germany @ Alexander The Great
Nov. 22nd – Hohenems, Austria @ Kulturzentrum Prokontra
Nov. 23rd – Brugg, Switzerland @ Piccadilly
Nov. 24th – Zurich, Switzerland @ Ebrietas
Nov. 25th – Milan, Italy @ Headbangers Pub
Nov. 26th – Milan, Italy @ Poli Radio (Studio Performance & Interview)
Nov. 27th – Modena, Italy @ Stella Nera
Nov. 28th – Porcia, Italy @ CrossRoad
Nov. 29th – Prato, Italy @ Ozne Guinness Pub
Nov. 30th – Rome, Italy @ Glitch Club
Dec. 1st – Naples, Italy @ Cannibal
Dec. 2nd – Palermo, Sicily @ Punk Funk
Dec. 4th – Ta’ Xbiex, Malta @ Storeroom
Dec. 6th – Marseille, France @ La Salle Gueule
Dec. 7th – Vandargues, France @ Alive My Studio
Dec. 8th – Metz, France @ La Chaouée
Dec. 9th – Geneva, Switzerland @ Urgence Disk
Dec. 10th – Paris, France @ Supersonic
Dec. 11th – Limoges, France @ Le CALM
Dec. 12th – Toulouse, France @ Le Ravelin
Dec. 13th – Barcelona, Spain @ Kasal de Joves de Roquetes
Dec. 14th – Bermeo, Spain @ Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala
Dec. 15th – Lugo, Spain @ Buril ACDE
Dec. 16th – Madrid, Spain @ Diskordia
Dec. 17th – Valencia, Spain @ Ca Revolta
Dec. 18th – Murcia, Spain @ Kasablanka
Dec. 19th – Campillos, Spain @ La Venta Jarrea
Dec. 20th – Coimbra, Portugal @ Teatrão
Dec. 21st – Corroios, Portugal @ Bar Cine-Teatro