Throughout their look at this previous weekend’s Aftershock Competition, Kittie drummer Mercedes Lander and guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander sat down with San Francisco’s 107.7 The Bone to debate the band’s 2022 reunion, the success of their comeback album Fireplace, and what lies forward.
Mercedes revealed that the reunion started nearly by accident after persistent outreach from Dwell Nation, explaining: “We couldn’t ignore the e-mails from Dwell Nation in our inbox any longer… I keep in mind writing Morgan and being like, ‘Hey, we must always most likely reply again to this man, ‘trigger he is written us a minimum of 3 times.'”
Morgan added that the groundswell of fan assist additionally performed an important position: “It wasn’t simply that — it was that extra folks had been listening. Spotify numbers had been rising, and other people simply asking for brand spanking new music. The voices simply continued to get louder and louder.”
Initially planning solely a handful of pageant dates, Kittie quickly discovered themselves with new alternatives — together with a file take care of Sumerian Information, which led to Fireplace, their first studio album in over a decade.
Mercedes recalled how the momentum took over: “Our plan was simply to play a few exhibits after which be like, ‘Okay, bye.’ … After which that morphed into us getting a proposal for a file deal, after which getting to put in writing new music. … We set to work with the dream staff — Nick Raskulinecz and Josh Wilbur.”
When requested in regards to the band’s subsequent chapter, Morgan confirmed that Aftershock marked their closing efficiency of the 12 months, however hinted at extra exercise in 2026. Which is not shocking, contemplating the band’s perspective towards extra new music. “We get to go dwelling and chill out. We have got a couple of issues brewing subsequent 12 months — extra festivals, extra exhibits, possibly some headline stuff. And possibly begin serious about new music too, only for enjoyable.”
Kittie lately celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1999 debut Spit with the Spit XXV EP, launched September 19 by way of Sumerian.
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