in case you were wondering…
Saturday 13th November
Alright folks a few of you have been enquiring after the new EP.
Just to set the record straight we are debating amongst ourselves as to whether the new sounds should be balanced out by more traditional Kittys-style stuff, and the possibility of expanding the material into an album incorporating the whole spectrum of our sound is being discussed.
The tracks recorded over the summer have a very expansive, ethereal kind of feel to them, but mark a significant shift from the live repertoire. At some point the idea came up that the stripped down feel of our more familiar material might provide an interesting counterpoint, and we are considering whether it might be necessary to build a bridge to facilitate the transition from pop to lo-fi.
Having said that, we may well go ahead and release the EP as it is, and record the album from scratch. But as it is we are taking the rest of the year off, and in the new year will come back to you with snippets of stuff and see what you think, (”like” us on facebook if you haven’t already!).
Anyway hopefully that’s cleared up for any of you who may be wringing your hands, biting your pillow, punching your walls or shaking your fist at the fiery zenith in anticipation of the latest kittys fix! It’ll be worth the wait- see yis in 2011,
KATCO.
Sligo Live Sessions and time off
Wednesday 20th October
This month we’ll be sharing stage space with Colenso Parade, Republic of Loose and, indeed, The Stranglers at Sligo Live Sessions, more specifically the Cafe Sessions part of the festival, so if you’re out west this Saturday 23rd then swing by Fiddler’s Creek at seven pm and you’ll probably catch us nervously sifting through wires and stage equipment getting ready for another assault on virgin territory (five counties down, twenty seven to go!).
We’re told it’s a lovely venue and we’re looking forward to revisiting those stony beaches and caravan spotted shorelines of our youth. Oh yes. Here’s a link to our SLS page- http://sligolive.ie/kitty-and-the-can-openers-bio.html.
As you may have heard we have regretfully had to cancel a few gigs over the last couple of weeks, due to no more or less than sheer creative exhaustion following our long summer of intense gigging and recording.
We want to take this opportunity to apologise to the fans and promoters and we hope there are no hard feelings! We’ve decided to take some time off to reenergise and allow the new material to take shape, and from now on will be pooling our resources into fewer gigs and finishing and promoting the new record- we figured there’s nothing worse than a band taking to the stage all bleary eyed and knackered all the time!
We’ll be appearing at Gifted at The Empire, Belfast on Thursday November 11th and then taking the rest of the year off, so hopefully we’ll see a few of you there cos believe me we’ll miss the arse out of ye over the next couple of months!
Finally we’d like to say special thanks to Elishabet, who was responsible for pointing out that nasty broken link on our website. As a band that is three quarters technophobe we’re extremely grateful for the extra help!
Talk to you guys soon,
katco
