Kill It Kid
One Little Indian are very excited to welcome Bath 5-piece Kill It Kid to the roster, as a band set for great things in 2009. For want of an easy comparison, 'Anthony Hegarty meets Roberts Johnson' has been mentioned, although Kill It Kid sound very much their own - an impassioned, adventurous slant on blues and dark pop, with strong songs, gorgeous two-part vocals and loads of violin.
Following a soft-released EP in December ’08 produced by John Parrish (PJ Harvey, Eels), the band release their first single proper on May 18th, titled Send Me An Angel. The single and subsequent album is produced by Ryan Hadlock (Foo Fighters, Fleet Foxes, The Strokes, The Gossip).
Hailing from Bath Spa University (where they met and four-fifths of the band have just completed music degrees), Kill It Kid are a unique and storming proposition. They recall the primal delta blues appropriated with much success by the likes of the White Stripes and Two Gallants in recent years, and take their moniker from a dusty, rare old recording by Blind Willie McTell (from Atlanta Twelve String). The heft of this association might set the band up for a fall were it not so powerfully and passionately rendered.
Kill It Kid are Richard Jones (violins/backing vocals), Adam Timmins (bass guitar/guitars), Stephanie Ward (vocals/piano), Marc Jones (drums/percussion) and Chris Turpin (vocals/guitars/harmonica).