Kill the Kilians

Kill the Kilians
Kilians studio album
Publication (s)	September 7, 2007
Label (s)	Vertigo Berlin ( Universal )
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Indie rock , garage rock
Title (number)	13
running time	43:00
occupation	Singing , acoustic guitar : Simon den Hartog Guitar : Dominic Lorberg Guitar: Arne Schult Bass : Gordian Scholz Drums : Michael Schürmann
production	Swen Meyer
Studio (s)	MOB studios, Hamburg Off Ya Tree Studios, Hamburg
chronology - Kill the Kilians They Are Calling Your Name (2009)

Kill the Kilians (German: Kill the Kilians ) is the debut album by the German indie rock band Kilians and was released in 2007 by Vertigo Berlin ( Universal ).

Emergence

The Kilians had already recorded an EP in 2005. In 2006 the song "Jealous Lover" included on it was able to place itself in the campus charts , a short time later Thees Uhlmann noticed the group and took over the management. After the group was able to sell over 700 copies of their first EP as the opening act for Tomte , a tour of Germany sponsored by Red Bull followed . At the beginning of 2007 the EP Fight the Start was released by Vertigo Berlin.

The recordings for Kill the Kilians dragged on for over a year, and on September 7, 2007 the album was released by Universal. Previously, the band had gained additional fame through appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park .

reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Kill the Kilians   DE 75 09/21/2007 (1 week)

The reviews for Kill the Kilians have been mostly positive.

Laut.de gave the album five out of five possible points. In her review, Martina Kellner wrote: "[The album] is bursting with hit quality, almost screams for hysteria and hype!" Although Strokes borrowings cannot be dismissed, the arrangements are too complex for the band to suggest on their own to reduce.

In his review for the music magazine Visions , Oliver Uschmann praised the record's “thick, smoke-filled, soulful atmosphere”. This is varied and versatile , also due to the various influences of bands like Mando Diao , Oasis or Velvet Underground .

Kill the Kilians was also placed in the German album charts for a week .

The German rapper Cro used a sample from Fight the Start in 2011 for his single Once Around the World .

Track list

1. "Short Life of Margott" - 3:03
2. "Fight the Start" - 3:00
3. "Enforce Yourself" - 3:07
4. “Little Billie, Little Brother” (text: Y. Üzel, den Hartog, music: Kilians and Y. Üzel) - 3:48
5. "Can't Get Along" - 4:25
6. "When Will I Ever Get Home" - 3:36
7. "Sunday" - 3:00
8. “Fool to Fool” (text: K. Üzel, music: Y. Üzel) - 3:28
9. “Jealous Lover” (text: Y. Üzel, den Hartog, music: Kilians and Y. Üzel) - 2:36
10. "Something to Arrive" - ​​2:46
11. "Inside Outside" - 3:44
12. "Dizzy" (text: K. Üzel) - 3:23
13. "PLEASURE" - 3:02

Unless otherwise stated, the text of all titles comes from Simon den Hartog , the music from Dominic Lorberg, Arne Schult, Gordian Scholz and Michael Schürmann.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Laut.de : Kilians: Biography
2. ↑ Coffee and TV: Interview with Simon den Hartog (Kilians), Part 2 Published on September 15, 2007 on YouTube .
3. ↑ ^{a b} DE chart tracking ( memento of the original from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Albums) 
4. ↑ DE chart tracking ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Singles) 
5. ↑ Martina Waiter: Kilian - "Kill the Kilians" review at Laut.de .
6. ↑ Oliver Uschmann: Kilians | Kill the Kilians. Published in Visions No. 175, October 2007.