No one can be sure of the epicenter of Kicksville's location, but that is perhaps unimportant as this band proclaims itself to be "the capital of an altered state of mind". Kicksville literally presents itself as a town complete with executives, a city council, a poet laureate, and citizens. As of this writing, the population count is at 54.

The Results of a Higher Mission is their latest effort from internet-only label Ropeadope Digital. This genre band flawlessly takes on everything from trip hop to techno to blues. Refreshingly, the band avoids pre-recorded samples, save for the voice of John Beecher, an activist poet who wrote of the Great Depression and the American Civil Rights Movement.

Band member Conrad St. Clair, "the Commissioner", explicates that, "John Beecher was my grandfather and he was a descendant of Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose Uncle Tom's Cabin Lincoln credited with starting the Civil War. Kicksville is proud to be a part of that activist tradition, and proud to use my grandfather's voice to speak out for those who can't speak for themselves. I think he'd be pleased." Lineage aside, the sampling of John Beecher's is musically seamless and very topical given the current state of the United States and the global economy.

The full experience of Kicksville, however, is not sonically limited. Their live shows are a crowd pleaser with their experimental, multimedia experience where both Kicksville's citizens and its visitors have a good time. Slated to perform on November 15, 2008 at Amnesty International's Small Places Tour as a celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights benefiting Music for Human Rights, Kicksville truly is its own activist faction.