A Chicago band that mixed alternative rock with electronic touches and introspective lyrics.
For a good sense of their sound, try "Berlin After The Bombing" or "Surreal." Both have that mix of electronic touches and raw alternative rock they were known for.
Their songs like "Held On By Wires" and "Crazy Angel" have this particular feel, melancholy melodies pushed along by a kind of raw energy that never quite settles. Mat Devine's vocals tend toward the ethereal, and his lyrics often lean introspective, which gave their music a distinct mood even when industry people struggled to pin them down. They kept at it independently, putting out records that let them stretch out sonically without losing that core tension.
Kill Hannah formed in Minneapolis in the late 1990s around Mat Devine on vocals, Daniel De Reyes on guitar, Jon Radtke on bass, and Elias Mallin on drums. They put out their first album, "For Never & Ever," then followed with records like "Until There's Nothing Left," "Wake Up the Sleepers," and "Fever Shadow."
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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