“My grandma played me my first record on this giant cabinet console that must have really been the bee’s knees when she and my grandfather bought it.”
“She had a copy of ‘The Monster Mash’ that I would play until I got too spooked by side-b of the ‘scary sounds.’ Years later, it was the only turntable where I could try out some breakbeat records I bought thinking I could be the next Beastie Boys. She’s wasn’t all that enthused.”
“‘When I Die’ is a song about being so terrified of death that your only alternative is to micromanage the hell out of it. Unable to learn or grow from the experience, you assume that you’ll have the benefit of coming back from the afterlife and rubbing it in the faces of all those who slighted you during your time on earth.
The denial of death and the futility of the fight is offset with harmonized gang vocals and the assertion that ‘You don’t have to act,’ as if the song’s narrator is the only one who truly gets it.”
—Billy Yost, guitar/vocals
We’re delighted to debut “When I Die” from Chicago’s The Kickback to kick off a string of live dates including an appearance at SXSW. “When I Die” is the band’s first single from their debut LP, Sorry All Over The Place produced by Spoon drummer and engineer Jim Eno. Sorry All Over The Place will land on your local record store shelves this summer.
THE KICKBACK TOUR DATES
02/27 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
02/28 – Milwaukee, WI – Club Garibaldi
03/01 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
03/02 – Sioux Falls, SD – Bigs Sports Bar
03/03 – Sioux Falls, SD – White Wall Session
03/04 – Omaha, NE – O’Leaver’s
03/05 – Lincoln, NE – Vega
03/06 – Columbia, MO – The Bridge
03/07 – Ames, IA – M Shop
03/08 – Lawrence, KS – Replay
03/09 – Topeka – Boobie Trap
03/10 – Wichita, KS – Barleycorns
03/11 – Dallas, TX – Prophet Bar
03/12 – Austin, TX – Amped
03/13 – Austin, TX – TBD
03/14 – Austin, TX – Papi Tino’s (Audiotree & Chicago Mixtape SXSW Party)
03/15 – Kansas City, MO – TBD
04/05 – Kansas City, MO – Middle of the Map Fest
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