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GOODBYE KITTY K / Press

“Goodbye Kitty K, fronted by Kat Van Ville, plays a sort of enigmatic blend of Iggy and the Stooges, Bikini Kill and the White stripes. Fueled by Kat Van Ville’s rowdy, at times even buzzsaw-raw vocals, coupled with lyrical universes of social and personal de-routes, one might at first glance expect this to be quite the alluring experience. It certainly does seem interesting when presented in such a way. True enough, there are some quite thrilling passages present on “Scrapped”. “Light”, for instance, is a rowdy track with a sort of no bullshit, straight-up and away attitude to it. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds to figure out what the intent of the track is, nor does it take long to crawl under your skin – at least for the duration of the listen. However, that is indeed part of the problem as well. You see, many of the tracks on “Scrapped” are actually quite catchy, rowdy and, well, gritty in a great way.”

“In-your-f******-face punked up pigtråd til de honning glaserede øregange Jeg skal være den første til at indrømme at min kærlighed for simpel og skrabet riff-drevet rock afgik i mine teenageår. Men ind i mellem må man som anmelder rode rundt i 00′ernes musiksmag og finde de gamle følelser frem. Oprøret. Energien. Don’t-give-a-fuck attituden. For eksempel når man sætter Goodbye Kitty K’s nye skive “Scrapped” på for fuld udblæsning. Som en nitroglycerin-drevet raket, sender sangerinde Kat van Ville os ud på en rejse i den eksplosive feminine vokals rejse, og minder os om, at man ikke behøver at sporte gylp for at være badass. Det er tydeligt at van Ville giver den 110% i sin rolle som lokomotivfører på Goodbye Kitty K’s damptog. På “Scrapped” lyder Goodbye Kitty K som en reinkarnation af forrige århundredes store punkbands. Simple riffs, hurtigt tempo og skarpe løft. Produktionen er der dog ikke pjattet med, og som helhed har pladen nærmest en produ”

“shit eh, i guess you know you like a band when you buy a T shirt and FIVE CDs, well it IS Denmark, they charge normally the equivalent of 20 bucks a CD and Tshirt but they gave me the lot for 70 bucks Seriously this is a fucking awesome band, Scrapped is the album, find it, it's cool, but live they are amazing, the front lady Kat is THE BEST!!! .......i think i'm in love........ You facebook types please befriend them on facebook and get them to australia!!”

“High Voltage og jeg takker for en fremragende koncert. Det gik op i en højere enhed og vi tør næsten godt sige at i var det bedste vi har haft på vores scene de 5 måneder vi har eksisteret :-)”

“Efter en uge med Goodbye K's album i bilen, er konklusionen at det meget vel kan være den vigtigste danske rock udgivelse i 2013. De holder release party i aften på High Voltage, så kom ind og hør hvad jeg flipper over:-)”

“Kat fra Goodbye Kitty K er muligvis træt af at blive sammenlignet med Nina Hagen, men det er umuligt at komme uden om. Både i stemme og fraseringer. Og det giver en ret fed energi til musikken, der ellers er lige lovlig tilforladelig 70'er-leftovers. Det ville være ret spændende at høre, hvad de kunne gøre med et mere pågående og opdateret lydbillede. Sangene er gode, men den klodsede tyskerpunkrock er for hyggelig, i forhold til hvor meget i fjæset vokalen er. Kat formår næsten ene mand at få det til at virke energisk, catchy og interessant. Jeg tror, bandet sagtens kan gøre det mere nutidigt,men har formentlig aldrig overvejet det,når nu stemmen så naturligt lægger op til den lyd. De tre sange på demoen holder en høj standard og ligger i fin forlængelse af hinanden,så bandet skal foretage et valg:Enten holde fast i,at det er okay at lyde som 35 år gamle udgivelser og risikere at være en one trick pony,eller undersøge,hvad de ellers kan gøre for at udnytte pote”

“Dam we love this band”

The Monks of Sex (NY, US) - Reverbnation

“freakin awesome grind and throb growling alongside those stunning, screaming vocals of "dirty blues"..puts me in mind of some early Patti Smith tune..just amazing!!”

MikeWhitePresents (London, UK) - Reverbnation

“En trommeslager i bar mave (Hugh Jackman / Wolverine look) og resten af bandet i sort læder. Det er det visuelle indtryk der møder én når Goodbye Kitty K indtager scenen. Powerfuld, tight og yderst velspillet alternativ rock er genren, og publikum kan lide det. Stemningen er i top og bandet modtager et stort bifald efter hver sang.”

“Love the raw power thats pumping out of my speakers right now.... !!!!!Cool!!!!!”

Auto-Pilot (UK) - Reverbnation

“At 7:30 silence came as the music paused and the first band was ready to enter the stage. Goodbye Kitty K The band began to play and the singer ran on to stage when the intro was done. The singer ran across stage like a maniac and even though the venue was far from crowded at this point she and the rest of the band did their best to get everyone going. I hadn't heard the band before but would establish their music as fast rock'n'roll/punk music. The band played for about 30 minutes before it was time to say goodbye. The show they put on was pretty good but the experience turned a little sour because of the poor lighting. The change of gear went pretty fast and soon was it time for the second support act.”

“THIS KITTY HAS CLAWS!!!!!”

SiK 1, guitarist from Senses To Destroy (CO, US) - Reverbnation