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About Violent Kin
With lives that began with the sounds of Joe Jackson, The Beatles,
Frank Zappa, and Warren Zevon and which were shaped through orchestral
training and symphonic duties, S.J. Kardash and his sister Maygen have
been running toward Violent Kin before they could walk. In their former
band, they toured internationally, landing on the cover of the New York
Times, and playing China's famous Beijing Pop Festival. But in late
2008, that project dissolved and the kin again felt the excitement of
seeing their future as a blank slate. They recorded "Bitter Blood", a
full-length album full of truths, venom, and compassion; and thus,
Violent Kin became their world.
Days after the official release of "Bitter Blood", the Kin began a
summer residency in New York City bookended by an eastern North
American tour, amassing supporters from show to show. Back in Canada,
the album started to find its way onto the charts of college stations
and the single "Blue Eyes" was added into rotation on some mainstream
stations. New York not only provided the Kin with many new
relationships, the city also doled out accolades: "Discover what
deserves to be a stateside summertime hit," raved the Villager, and
IndiSoundsNY warned, "If you don't come out and see a show then you're
very silly indeed. Because soon you'll need to be giving a cut to
Ticketmaster."
The band came home after that two-month tour to sudden recognition,
being plastered full-page on the major publications in their home
territory and their song blaring on the radio. Only two weeks later,
Violent Kin joined UK act Band of Skulls on the western Canadian leg of
their tour. The media continued to cheer along: "4.5/5," heralded
chartattack.com, "Bitter Blood is an admirable first record that oozes
with sibling synergy. It'll make you want to hit repeat over and over."
In addition to their touring successes, Violent Kin has reached a
global audience as a result of their MySpace community and have
received airplay in places as far as Germany and the Canary Islands,
and have collaborated with Russian electro-artist Deuz on a remix of
their song "Call You Out ****".
After showcasing at festivals like CMW, NXNE and CMJ Music Marathon, Violent Kin are ready to keep up the full-force attack with a new release slated for Fall 2010.
"As the name suggests these two will tear you apart like sibling bear
cubs" (Whitey Houston, Edmonton Journal). |
