Year : 2024
Style : Classic Rock , Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 99 mb
Bio:
Matthew Aird A.K.A. Matt Tantrum, one of the original founding members of the Sea City Dolls roars back to life with the birth of Vicious Kitty. Matt, a veteran staple of the Seattle music scene, has brought together the killer chops of drummer Jimmy Saint Bitchin and bassist Tony Terlicker (both former Cry Action members) to break out the huge rock sound that is Vicious Kitty. Get out of the way big dogs, it’s gonna be a cat-tastrophy…Vicious Kitty’s comin’ to town!!Matt Tantrum was only ten when he first picked up his guitar, and took part in his first school talent show at thirteen. Garnishing popularity through his “Gemini” band, he would get some exceptional experience playing rock venues that offered large crowds. His second new musical formulation was “Nothin’ Fancy”, which initiated in 1980, and had a five year life line before “Cry Action” came into play. This would be his first chance to create music with current band member, Tony Terlicker. While going on to tour, Matt met some amazing and astounding legends in music, including Alice in Chains, The Posies, as well as early versions of Queensryche, Rebel and the Culprit. He then formed the band Solid Mass in early 1990 with Jason Boyleston (of the Rock Vault of Vegas) and Sean Boomer (of Maxx Twelve) and recorded the Solid Mass EP to great expectation. “Slutt Puppies” would allow Matt the chance to first mesh with the drum maestro, Jimmy St Bitchin, and their EP “I’m A Tramp” was given regular rotation on several local rock radio stations. Both musicians would move along to merge with “LMD”. The band toured with Night Ranger, played shows throughout the NW and recorded an EP “New Generation” at the Music Source Recording Studios in Seattle. LMD performed on the television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” as the grunge band of science. In late 1993 the band LMD broke up. 1994 had Matt being a founding member of “The Sea City Dolls”, and a parting of ways paved the way for him to produce, star and direct his feature film, “Big Blue-A Fishy Tale”. Within that same vein, he starred in several short films and local television shows. Matt also built the original “Cherry Productions Studio”, another arena for him to record and produce music. He is one of the founders of “Vicious Kitty”.
Album:
Threateningly cutting into the silence in “Spank Me” or crushing a dirge in the groove-laden “Struggle,” Vicious Kitty’s self-titled album presents listeners with such a fetching and addictive tracklist that temptations to play it from start to finish are often too strong to be resisted. There’s rich unevenness to the construction of brooding rock tunes like “Sweet Memories” and the progressive “Looking Glass,” but it’s as captivating a find as the steadiness of “Mr. Darkness” or the classic “Freedom” is.Whether they’re juggling oddities with subtle metal influences (“Bangkok City”) or just reinventing songcraft for a generation still quite eager to have their rockers to worship (“Innocent Girl”), Vicious Kitty sounds like a group with an unmistakable trademark sound in this LP, and it’s one that I doubt any credible music critic is going to dismiss this summer. Theirs is a one-of-a-kind look if you’re ever going to see one in 2024, but it comes to us not as fiercely anti-everything as it is committed to telling the tales of these musicians and no one else. The guitar parts are the most dominant component of charisma in Vicious Kitty, and in “Alone” or “No More Waitin’,” they set up an emotional foundation that no linguistics ever could have on their own. When words can’t do a narrative justice, this isn’t the sort of band that will turn to the typical ribbonry a lot of their peers might, but instead the tempered ferocity of the instrumentation as it stands without the lens of expensive producing to get in the way.There are blues elements to the songwriting style Vicious Kitty employs that I would love for them to explore just a little more than they already have, as it could bring some of the more menacing attributes to the build-on “Mr. Darkness” out of the woodwork where we can appreciate what they can do. This group’s riveting use of tonal contrast in Vicious Kitty had my heart from the very first time I listened to the entire tracklist forward, but if coupled with some sharpening of the other areas in their sound, this act could become downright unstoppable.I only just found out about Vicious Kitty the other day, having never listened to their previous work when it was originally released, but having now been made aware of their stellar talents, I’m shocked they haven’t already attracted mainstream hype. Vicious Kitty will admittedly dissuade the casual hard rock crowd from taking much interest in the band, but for those of us who put a lot of stock in organic songwriting and experimental heavy rock themes that aren’t just cosmetic lip service, what Vicious Kitty is developing in the studio could be one of the most spellbinding treats around in 2024.I do not recommend taking my word on this alone; if you haven’t already heard Vicious Kitty for yourself, its ten stellar songs make for one of the more inspired soundtracks to any summer day. Rock might be underground again, but this is a sound that can’t stay contained from the masses.
Line-Up:
Matt Tantrum - vocals , guitar
Tony Terlcker - bass
Jimmy Saint Bitchin - drums
Tracklist:
01. Bangkok City
02. Sweet Memories
03. Alone
04. Struggle
05. Spank Me
06. Mr Darkness
07. Freedom
08. Innocent Girl
09. No More Waitin'
10. Looking Glass
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