Rainbow Kitten Surprise, aka RKS, is an indie band that has forged a distinct style using indie folk and indie pop as their building blocks. The band's focal point and main driver is the lead singer and songwriter Ela Melo, who moves from singing to speak-singing to soft rapping with agility. Her songs are very vocally driven, with the band engaging in the harmonics, occasionally delivering a capella sections that might cause inadvertent Alt-J flashbacks in the audience. Instrumentally, the rest of the band sounds top notch. They add a lot of vitality, texture, and depth to the songs. They have great dynamics with one another as an ensemble. Melo is also a remarkable lyricist with rich imagery and clever turns of phrases and references. This is a band that can become addictive once the listener is in the right headspace, and the band is really good at making sure that the audience ends up in the said headspace.