For a lot of followers, Kittie‘s 1999 debut Spit stays the band’s most defining launch. However for the members themselves, the true essence of Kittie lies not in the place they started however in how far they’ve advanced since.
When requested which album greatest represents the band immediately, guitarist Mercedes Lander did not hesitate in an interview with New Noise Journal. “I believe all the pieces after Spit, to be sincere with you,” she stated.
Vocalist and drummer Morgan Lander echoed that sentiment, explaining that every new launch tends to tackle that position within the second it is created: “I’d say each new album turns into that album,” Morgan stated.
“If you report the subsequent one, it is like, ‘Oh, that is the most effective one.’ However for me, after we began In The Black, that was the start of all the pieces that was new. It felt like a reintroduction to a barely totally different sound sonically.”
Bassist Ivy Jenkins agreed, noting that In The Black stands out not simply musically, however emotionally: “Every time I take heed to that album, you may hear how completely satisfied and collectively and unified we had been,” Jenkins stated. “We had the most effective time within the studio collectively. It is humorous as a result of it is actually unfavorable, heavy music, however you may hear us in a constructive gentle.”
She added that the identical vitality carried ahead into later materials, notably Fireplace. “It actually appears like a cheerful, energized band,” Jenkins stated.
The band beforehand explored this divide of their 2017 documentary Kittie: Origins/Evolutions, the place they spoke candidly about wanting distance from Spit. Written and recorded when the members had been nonetheless youngsters, the album represented each their breakthrough and a artistic rising ache.
Nevertheless, with the album’s re-release years later, Morgan says her perspective has softened. “With the primary album, there’s quite a lot of rawness and realness to it that I believe lots of people actually take pleasure in,” she defined. “However we shortly moved away from that ability degree as a band—as quickly as we recorded and began going out on tour.”
Time, distance, and expertise have allowed her to reconnect with the fabric with out feeling confined by it. “I can respect the primary album for what it’s,” Morgan stated. “And it was very nice to have the ability to re-record stuff, simply to sonically deliver issues to the place we’re at now.”
Talking of Kittie, they have the next 2026 tour dates lined up thus far.
1/26 Miami, FL ShipRocked Cruise 2026
4/25 Las Vegas, NV Sick New World Las Vegas 2026
7/18 Tinley Park, IL Summer time of ’99 And Past Pageant 2026
7/29 Wacken, Germany Wacken Open Air 2026
7/31 Löbnitz, Germany Full Rewind 2026
8/2 Saarbrücken, Germany Storage Saarbrücken
8/5 Jaroměř, Czech Republic Brutal Assault 2026
8/6 Kortrijk, Belgium Alcatraz 2026
8/9 Walton-on-Trent, United Kingdom Bloodstock Open Air 2026
8/13 Carhaix-Plouguer, France Motocultor Pageant 2026
8/14 Cudrefin, Switzerland Rock The Lakes 2026
8/15 Sulingen, Germany Reload Pageant 2026
8/16 Eindhoven, Netherlands Dynamo Steel Fest 2026
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