| The original artists who make up (no pun intended)
the band Kill Hannah have a bright future in store for them, there is no doubt about that.
A five-piece industrial pop band based out of Chicago, Kill Hannah is one of the very few
unsigned and completely original bands who are continually able to headline and fill major
live music venues, as well as unload mass quantities of whatever merchandise they happen
to bring with them. Their originality and individualism, relating to their sound and their
personalities, is extremely apparent during this band’s live and in your face
performance.
With sound penetrating vocals, wrenching like a
hormone-filled teenager and mixed perfectly with a chunky industrial groove, this band is
able to grasp and squeeze the attention of their audience to say the least. There is a
wide variety of sound that blares throughout, including rippin' bass and drum lines,
interchanged with the constant whine of raw guitar rhythms, and technological sampling
that forces you to move to the groove. However, the vocals remain most intriguing, in my
opinion, simply due to the unique pitch that has been perfectly interchanged with such an
unlikely sound mix.
With their popular tune “Welcome to Chicago,
Mother*****”, the entire all-ages crowd was eager to participate in the anthem by
flailing their bodies, and their middle fingers. Young girls were packed in front of the
stage, ready and willing to take the enthusiastic orders of the band to show their
appreciation. The band’s appearance is somewhat motley, yet modern, with their
under-eye glare block and grayscale lipstick, though the matching light tubes attached to
their respective guitars prove their untamed distinctiveness. Musically, these guys are a
true team. I felt no instrument or member tried to dominate the other, as the transitions
between every sound flowed into one another and right through the audience.
There is definitely aggression within the name, lyrics and
style of Kill Hannah, but I believe this is contradicted with pure musical talent. This
band’s ability to prove successful is eminent, as local and national attention has
been focused on them for the past couple of years. I met with these guys right before the
show, solely to ask them what I should expect. And, as singer, Matthew DeVine said,
“We are five guys playing like our lives depend on it.” He was right.
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