Karl Smith is a Melbourne singer-songwriter and the voice of Sodastream, Lee Memorial and Thermos Cardy. His music was championed by everyone from John Peel to Melody Maker, Pitchfork and Gaz Whelan from the Happy Mondays.He performed at the first 'All Tomorrows Parties' at the invitation of Belle and Sebastian and toured extensively sharing stages with the likes of Pavement, Smog, Low, Mercury Rev and Lambchop. Now, Karl is set to release his debut solo album, Kites, through littleBIGMAN records, and will join Jae Laffer (The Panics) on a national tour through Oct.