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 Hearth, and what lies forward.
Mercedes revealed that the reunion started virtually unintentionally after persistent outreach from Reside Nation, explaining: “We couldn’t ignore the e-mails from Reside Nation in our inbox any longer… I keep in mind writing Morgan and being like, ‘Hey, we must always in all probability reply again to this man, ‘trigger he is written us not less than thrice.'”
Morgan added that the groundswell of fan help additionally performed a vital 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 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 report take care of Sumerian Information, which led to Hearth, their first studio album in over a decade.
Mercedes recalled how the momentum took over: “Our plan was simply to play a few reveals after which be like, ‘Okay, bye.’ … After which that morphed into us getting a proposal for a report deal, after which getting to put in writing new music. … We started working with the dream group — 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 yr, however hinted at extra exercise in 2026. Which is not shocking, considering the band’s attitude toward more new music. “We get to go dwelling and chill out. We have got a couple of issues brewing subsequent yr — extra festivals, extra reveals, perhaps some headline stuff. And perhaps begin excited about new music too, only for enjoyable.”
Kittie lately celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1999 debut Spit with the Spit XXV EP, released September 19 via Sumerian.
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