1 / 4 century in the past, a bunch of younger Canadian girls bought collectively and recorded an album that permit women and girls in all places that metallic was an avenue they might pursue in the event that they wished. In fact, I’m speaking about Kittie and their debut album Spit. In the present day, all these years later, a brand new EP specializing in the legacy of Spit dropped and its newest single asks the identical query it requested all these years in the past: “Do you assume I’m a whore?”
No stranger to mysogyny, vocalist and guitarist Morgan Lander stated she was excited that this monitor was getting the eye it desrved.
“We’re past excited to revisit and reimagine songs that that began all of it for us with Spit XXV. Re-recording these songs has been an emotional and empowering journey. It’s an opportunity to honour our roots whereas bringing a brand new degree of vitality and expertise to the music. Spit XXV isn’t sdjust a celebration of the place we got here from, however a thank-you to the followers who’ve stood by us for the previous 25 years.
“‘Do You Assume I’m A Whore?’ has at all times been the darkish horse of our debut album and it’s was such a pleasure to present it the up to date therapy and rejoice how superior of a tune it truly is. Pair that with the unbelievable music video visuals from William Felch at Wombat Hearth and it’s clear the monitor is lastly getting its flowers.”
As for your entire Spit XXV EP mission, Lander stated when it was introduced that it was an thrilling prospect for the band to revisit in spite of everything these years.
“It’s arduous to consider that 25 years after its launch, and virtually 30 years since Kittie started, persons are nonetheless speaking about Spit. There’s something really unexplainable in why our debut album continues to be resonating with individuals, discovering a brand new viewers and has had such an enduring affect on so many.
“Reimagining a few of these basic songs for the twenty fifth anniversary of Spit was a number of enjoyable and a real testomony to their longevity. It reveals simply how related within the musical panorama they nonetheless are immediately. We have been honored to work with Garth once more the place all of it started after greater than 20 years, and doing so was a cool method to pay homage to the previous whereas updating these songs with a contemporary sound, bringing them into the longer term.”
Spit XXV is out now, so test it out wherever you hearken to it wherever you get your music nowadays.
