Rockabilly-Eclectic-Punk-Lounge reads like another ‘Aren’t we so ironic’ genre tag listed on every second band’s myspace page you’ve come across in the last three years. Though, when it comes to Run With The Kittens, every journalist, blogger and concert reviewer that has written about them, dedicates a few lines to acknowledge the complete musical insanity that this Toronto foursome conjures each time they take the stage.  
    

“…the Kittens' roulette wheel of heavy space country, hardcore freak lounge, dub parodies and ironic metal makes them wholly unique.” Evan Dickson, Chart Magazine

 “…a highly amusing genre-obliterating stir-fry that makes Midnite Vultures sound like Dido with the volume low.” Jay Richards, NOW Magazine

“When a CD release party show starts out by having two masked people in red jumpsuits carrying a large chain join the band on stage, and then a female body-builder arrives, breaks the chain, and starts to shuck corn, you know it's not going to be your average t-shirt-and-jeans kind of set…” Pete Nema, Pete Nema Blog

Chances are, you’ve seen the Kittens before, given their 2 national tours, their tour of Holland, their incessant Ontario tours, their arsenal of festival appearances (Eaglewood Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, NXNE festival, Orillia Comedy Festival, Biker Festival to name a few), their 5 year weekly residency at Toronto’s Indie Music cornerstone; The Cameron House, and their current residency at U of T’s Hart House Café. It’s in these live performances that they really shine, or as BlogTO wrote, after catching a performance at NXNE ’08: “I don't use these words lightly, so listen up…if you pass up the opportunity to witness this genius spectacle you're making a huge mistake, one that could haunt you until the end of your days.”  Perhaps that’s why Toronto Independent Music Awards (TIMA) awarded them ‘Best Live Electric Band’.

Now RWTK have decided it’s time to bring their manic, thespian message to the world. Armed with a brand new Digital LP ‘’ - there latest of 5 - 2 of which were produced by Canadian legend; Terry Brown (Rush, Blue Rodeo) and growing acclaim from across the nation (CBC, Exclaim! Magazine, NOW Magazine, EYE Weekly, Chart Magazine, 102.1 The Edge), RWTK have their eyes set on the Campus Circuit and a 2nd European Tour. Drawing from influences like Ween, Beck and Mr Bungle, the band probably can most accurately be compared to a modern version of late 60’s - early 70’s Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. But as Pete Nema writes in ’07 when comparing them to Zappa: “…the fact that humour is incorporated into their music shouldn't overshadow the skill in both performance and musicianship that this band possesses”.

So without further ado, please allow me to introduce to you:
Run With The Kittens!
They are:

NATE MILK : Acoustic Guitar, Microkorg Synthesizer, Unforgettable Ostentations
‘CHAMPAGNE’ JAMES ROBERTSON : Electric Guitar, Noise Symphonist
NIGEL HEBBLEWHITE : Bass Like A Fog Horn Hooked Up To A Pentium 9
JAKE OELRICHS : Drums, Glockenspiel, Yogurt, Part Time Spirit Councilor