Kram from Spiderbait is preparing for a solo outing.
At his official Myspace site (myspace.com/kramofficial) Kram is streaming a rocking new song ‘Silk Suits’.The song is from Kram’s forthcoming solo album ‘Mixtape’. Kram recorded the album last May in New York City.
The idea behind ‘Mixtape’ is to make every song sound like a different band. “I wanted it to be like a radio station where all the songs sound like different bands even though it's all played by one person... The premise of the whole album was to be constantly changing your approach musically”, Kram said in a statement.
This doesn’t spell the end of Spiderbait. Even though the band has not released a studio album since 2004’s ‘Tonight Alright’ and had a best of in 2005, they did play on New Year’s Eve in Melbourne.
Manager Fiona Duncan tells Undercover News that "A couple of years ago the band 'retired' from the touring pub circuit when Janet had a baby, while still playing festivals. The Espy was the first Spiderbait show in Melbourne for a few years but they are actually playing festivals regularly in other states. Coming up is the Here and Now Festival in Brisbane later in January and the Coconet Classic Surf Festival at Easter".
"Outside the band Janet has been doing Illustrations for an upcoming Kids TV series and Whitt has been collaborating with melb techno musician Christopher Coe".
The video for ‘Silk Suits’ was done during the tennis at Rod Laver Arena. “I’m a sports fan and I’m not too bad with the racket. I’ve always wanted to do a tennis video so when the opportunity came up I jumped at it and then Alicia came onboard - happy days”, says Kram about the “Silk Suits” video.
To get a freebie of ‘Silk Suits’ head to Kram’s Myspace.
‘Mixtape’ will be released in March.
