** Debut Album Meet Your Ghost Set for Release on June 28th **** New Remix of “Perfect World” featuring RZA Available Now **
Brooklyn-based and buzzed-about indie-pop duo The KickDrums proudly announces their signing with Last Gang Records who will release their debut full-length Meet Your Ghost on June 28th. The album, produced by the band with friend Alan Wilkis, contains 9 tracks of blissed-out rock with hip-hop undercurrents – a solid recipe for the perfect summer soundtrack.
As a taster for fans The KickDrums are generously making a remix of “Perfect World” with a guest shot from Wu-Tang Clan legend RZA available for free download HERE
Meet Your Ghost follows up the band’s acclaimed 2009 EP Just A Game, of which Hip Hop DX said they are “not just creative Hip Hop producers. They are Rock Stars,” while The Couch Sessions called it “superb indie rock over some amazing 4/4 kicks (hence their name) and one of the best albums of any genre to drop this year.” The KickDrums are also fresh off releasing their hot Coachella 2011 Mixtape — available HERE — that was widely distributed in the blogosphere.
The KickDrums is comprised of producer/singer/songwriter Alex Fitts (Fitts) and DJ/producer Matt Penttila (Tilla). The two met while working as engineers at a studio in Cleveland. They shared many common interests and had reputations as skilled producers. They decided to unite, The KickDrums were born and they’ve perfected their craft behind the scenes producing records for the likes of 50 Cent, John Legend and Kid Cudi and remixing for Adele, Ben Harper, Peter, Bjorn & John, Richard Ashcroft & Kanye West.
In 2007 The KickDrums shifted focus to their own music, distancing themselves from working with outside artists. Fitts dived deep into his alt-rock roots and Penttila began experimenting with his love for electronic music. Fitts spent his days penning songs and unraveling chord progressions, while Penttila broke down records and flipped obscure samples on his drum machine. All rules were thrown out the window and the ultimate outcome is a mesh of alternative rock, soul, and hip-hop laid over heavy drum breaks and fuzzy guitars – Meet Your Ghost.
The KickDrums will be touring endlessly in support of the album…
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