{"id":17150,"date":"2015-10-23T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17150"},"modified":"2015-10-21T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T01:07:22","slug":"kitten-forever-reveal-temple-from-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17150","title":{"rendered":"Kitten Forever reveal &#8216;Temple&#8217; from upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The feminist punk trio Kitten Forever will\u00a0be joining\u00a0<span class=\"\">Babes in Toyland\u00a0<\/span>on their North American Fall Tour (tour dates below). Leading up to the tour, they have\u00a0announced the new album &#8216;<span class=\"\">7 Hearts<em class=\"\">&#8216;<\/em>\u00a0will<\/span>\u00a0be released via\u00a0<span class=\"\">Atlas Chair<\/span>\u00a0on March 25, 2016 on vinyl\/digital (pre-sale\u00a0here). You can watch the video\u00a0for the album\u2019s first track\u00a0<em><span class=\"\">Temple<\/span><\/em>\u00a0via YouTube\u00a0below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jDBIPrhgEvc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"\" \/><span class=\"\">Kitten Forever\u00a0<\/span>approached their third full-length album, &#8216;<span class=\"\">7 Hearts<\/span>,&#8217; with a big sister attitude; it&#8217;s wild and hurt with chin held high. Themes of heartbreak, illness, fear, and friendship develop through personal and interpersonal metamorphosis and result in dichotomies of isolation and intimacy, dense sunlight and glittery darkness. Members\u00a0<span class=\"\">Liz Elton, Corrie Harrigan, and Laura Larson<\/span>\u00a0continue\u00a0ritual of regularly trading off on all instruments, pushing their versatility of multi-faceted songwriting and individual lyrical development they used on &#8216;<span class=\"\">Pressure&#8217;<\/span>. Recorded and mixed by\u00a0<span class=\"\">Matt Castore<\/span>\u00a0at A Harder Commune Studios in St. Paul, MN and mastered by the accomplished\u00a0<span class=\"\">Sarah Register<\/span>, &#8216;<span class=\"\">7 Hearts&#8217;<\/span>\u00a0is at once caustic, illuminating, fierce, and tender.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e\/images\/db495a33-7ad8-4a87-95d2-73f41362e567.jpg?resize=318%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"318\" align=\"none\" \/>15 tracks in just under 30 minutes, the album rapid fire transmutes common experiences and emotions into something of great value, a validation of so many things you feel but don&#8217;t say. If <em>&#8216;<span class=\"\">Pressure&#8217;<\/span><\/em>\u00a0was feminist sleepovers, roller discos, and luster, &#8216;<span class=\"\">7 Hearts<\/span><em class=\"\"><span class=\"\">&#8216;<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is a bottle rocket in the dark.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>You can see their live performance of\u00a0<span class=\"\"><em>Temple<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<span class=\"\">The Lowertown Line\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=3eae755312&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. The Minneapolis-based band&#8217;s roots are formed first and foremost in friendship and secondly in feminism. Taking inspiration from riot grrrl, post-punk, and hardcore,\u00a0Kitten\u00a0Forever\u2019s lo-fi stripped down aesthetic is both personal and tongue-in-cheek; aggressive and disco.<br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><strong><span class=\"\">Kitten\u00a0Forever\u00a0tour dates:<\/span><\/strong><br class=\"\" \/>10\/22 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Underground Arts *<br class=\"\" \/>10\/23 &#8211; Brooklyn, NY at St. Vitus*<br class=\"\" \/>10\/24 \u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 Black Cat *<br class=\"\" \/>10\/25 \u2013 Richmond, VA \u2013 Strange Matter *<br class=\"\" \/>10\/27 \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 Visulite Theatre *<br class=\"\" \/>10\/28 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 The Masquerade *<br class=\"\" \/>10\/29 \u2013 Birmingham, AL \u2013 Saturn *<br class=\"\" \/>11\/02 \u2013 Nashville, TN \u2013 Exit In *<br class=\"\" \/>11\/03 \u2013 Little Rock, AR \u2013 Juanita&#8217;s Cantina *<br class=\"\" \/>more tour dates tba<\/p>\n<p>* =\u00a0w\/ Babes in Toyland<br class=\"\" \/>\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/>For more on Kitten Forever, visit\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=00de6fc3e0&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\">kittenforeverforever.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The feminist punk trio Kitten Forever will\u00a0be joining\u00a0Babes in Toyland\u00a0on their North American Fall Tour (tour dates below). Leading up to the tour, they have\u00a0announced <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17150\" title=\"Kitten Forever reveal &#8216;Temple&#8217; from upcoming album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[3553,2545,3552,941,3554],"class_list":["post-17150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-7-hearts","tag-atlas-chair","tag-kitten-forever","tag-punk-rock","tag-temple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kitten-Forever-Temple-still.png?fit=767%2C390&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-4sC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32548,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32548","url_meta":{"origin":17150,"position":0},"title":"LA&#8217;s Tombstones In Their Eyes share new single &#8216;Open Skies&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Los Angeles' indie psych rock outfit\u00a0Tombstones in Their Eyes have shared their new two-track single\u00a0Open Skies, which is a preview of their new album\u00a0'Maybe Someday'. 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