Here it is - we are officially unveiling the cover to our third album, Super Powered Love! Once again, the illustration was done by our long-time KK art collaborator Jim Mahfood!
“ ..what I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can’t do and how there’s not enough time in which to do it, isn’t that what I get every time? And when I think about how powerful I am, and when I think about what I have left to contribute, and when I think about the difference I can make on this planet, then that’s what I get. You see, I recognize that it’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it.”
KIRBY KRACKLE “Vault 101” Demo
Lately we’ve been digging through the vault, and coming across old demos that we thought might be cool share…vocal breaks and all. (cue puberty squeal)
Here’s “Vault 101” from the first day we we finished it, and then recorded it so we wouldn’t forget what had accomplished that day. If it sounds like we’re a bit tired in this recording…we were. Jim was deep in Emerald City ComicCon planning, Kyle was going through a divorce, and we had a schedule to write an album to get it off to the printers in time to debut for ECCC. Looking back, that’s where we subconsciously thing the “tidal wave” and “believing things had to get better” lyrics were coming from as well as the overwhelming feeling of time and effort put into months of hitting Fallout 3 hard. Music and songwriting is usually and emotional mixed bag, and when at it’s best, can sometimes produce a piece of art outside of the agenda you had going into writing the song. When things need to get out…they will.
One of our favorite songs off of E FOR EVERYONE, we hope you’ll enjoy the demo for “Vault 101”!
So recently we were going though some old takes of songs and stumbled across the demos from the early writing sessions of E For Everyone.
Here’s the first demo for “Great Lakes Avengers”, and if it sounds to you it’s taking Kyle everything he can muster up to get the words out…you’re right. It’s a wordy bastard and the back and forth while we were writing it mostly consisted of concerns where he would breathe!
It’s really funny for us to listen to this now; the vocal delivery is totally rigid (Kyle blames the obscene amount of words) and if you’re familiar with the song you can tell some of the lyrics have been changed since this first demo.
So, there you go with a (very) naked peek behind the curtain of what didn’t start as the rocker you know of now. If only we could bottle and share the feeling of how it sounded when it was played with drums the first time!
*SHIVER*
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Thoughts On The End Of Wizard…
Thoughts on WIZARD closing up shop…say what you will about the brand now, but in the early 90’s it was the coolest comics news source..…every month KK as little dudes couldn’t wait for the new issue which held the coolest Spawn, X-Men, and Youngblood news and interviews..…an important piece of our childhood and always sad to see something end when it affected you at a young age. Thanks for all Wizard!
Back from NYCC!
Wow, what a traveling year it’s been! We just got back from New York Comic Con and our 10th/last con of the year. We had so much fun meeting everyone along the tour and we felt loved and supported in every city. THANK YOU for making the 2010 convention season one of the best times of our lives. Just because we’re done with the convention season doesn’t mean we’re not creating more awesomeness for all the Krackleheads around the world so stay tuned for very cool stuff in the near future! Till then, thanks for keeping on spreading the word about KK and check out our NYCC trip recap via the medium that enables us to do what we do in the first place! Enjoy!
