My mission was to discover if Kittie is about more than girls with really cool bracelets. All right, cut to the chase-Kittie puts on an amazing performance. Not the pyrotechnics, spitting blood type of theatrical performance, but the type of performance of a band letting the music speak for itself, where the onstage movement is of the performer being deeply moved by the songs they have written. Kittie was empty of posturing and feigned sincerity, and instead vocalist Morgan Lander manifested the emotional energy of Kittie's songs within much physical energy for the set. And Kittie's audience followed suit, genuinely getting caught up in the catharsis that is their music.
Lander however sounds impeccably angelic one moment and hellspawn the next, surprising everyone.
She is talented as a singer in the sense that Christina Aguilera is a singer, and yet is equally talented at sounding animalistic, with loud, powerful screaming into the microphone. Bassist Talena Atfield and drummer Mercedes Lander prove themselves as musicians, and Kittie proves itself as a tight-knit band with an even tighter performance. Kittie further proves it's not just about really cool bracelets. You're half wanting to turn and run, the other half curious to see the consequences of staying. Stay and be mesmerized by all that you can experience from a Kittie performance, I insist.