Kill to Kill

Bio:

+++++++++++++++ New Guilt Ridden Pop signees Kill to Kill are a study in dissonance. Lead singer Sylvia Izabella's strained-yet-sultry voice is folded into layers of discordant bass riffs, creating a moody, dark, and minimalist sound. This rock trio employs a baritone guitar and a bass rather than a traditional electric guitar, bringing everything down an octave lower than expected and contrasting sharply with Izabella's high-register caterwauling. -Andrea Swensson (City Pages) ******** *************** * ********** ************************* ******************* ************************************* Kill to Kill is the coolest kind of band — the one with a hot chick singer who plays the bass, like the two Kims: Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Deal (Pixies). The fact that the up-and-coming Minneapolis group credits the aforementioned bands as influences is audible in their noise-rock screeching riffs and the pleasing caterwauling from the throat of its redheaded frontwoman, Sylvia Izabella. If Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was magically possessed with the smoky sexiness of Cat Power and fronted a band made up of Thurston Moore and experimental Velvet Underground, you’d get Kill to Kill. ********************* -KARA NESVIG (MN DAILY) .. ***************** **************************************************** *********************************************************************** *********************MPLS-based 90s alt-rock revivalists (think of them as a less angry, but similarly feminist cousin of Baby Guts, or the little sister of Sybris) Kill to Kill have posted a new demo to their MySpace page titled "Kid Whore," and if you're a fan of any of the previously mentioned groups, you should like this. Beginning with haunting, clean-toned minor-key arpeggios, singer Sylvia Izabella starts to read off a list of kiss-off lyrics ("I hope your plane falls"), when the band comes in to keep a solid, sturdy beat, before everything explodes for the chorus (if chorus explosions could also have atmospheric singing, which this does). All in all, a solid track. -Jon Graef (MFR) ****************************** *********************************** ***********************************************************************

Member Since:

August 05, 2007

Members:

Sylvia Izabella - Vocals, Bass, Baritone Guitar/ Chad Weber - Bass VI, Baritone Guitar/ Joe Gaskill - Drums ..

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Influences:

Cat Power, Blonde Redhead, Shellac, Flin Flon, Slint, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Posies, (+ a long list of other bands), nicotine, alcohol, allergy medication, asthma inhalers, bad parenting, and dim lighting.

Sounds Like:

NORTHERN OUTPOST - Episode 2 - Kill to Kill - 1/16/09 from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

KILL TO KILL - "Sugar Sugar" from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

Record Label:

GUILT RIDDEN POP