Listen: Kittens Ablaze

By Alex Young on March 2nd, 2008

With a name like Kittens Ablaze, you’d probably imagine a death metal, animal hatting, group of musical delinquents. After all, that’s what I thought when I read an email about the six-piece Brooklyn group a few weeks back. But as the pop punky, folk influenced opening chords of their song “The Machine is Dying” started pouring from my speakers, I quickly realized that their name is easily the most and perhaps only frightful thing about Kittens Ablaze.

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The sound of the Brooklyn indie rockers is almost as chaotic and confusing as their name. “Government Romance” is a quirky, pop punk love ballad with a sound that one would expect if the Black Lips and Art Brut had a musical love child. On the other hand, “The Machine is Dying” is a raw, Pogues-esque, call to arms.

But more than anything, Kittens Ablaze are a highly passionate, enormously energetic, and lyrically fun indie rock group, whose unique and raw sound alone separate them from most others coming out of Brooklyn these days. And luckily for them, there name should also help them draw some attention. After all, it caught Mick Jones’ eye.

For those in New York, Kittens Ablaze have a few shows comming up in the area. For others, you can download most of their EP, Hot Litter, on their Myspace.

Check Out:
“Government Romance”
“Strobelight”

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