Kitchen's Floor
{{Short description|Australian rock band from Brisbane}}
File:Matt Kennedy - Kitchen's Floor.jpg
Kitchen's Floor is an Australian independent alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. Known for their raw and lo-fi sound, Kitchen's Floor has gained a dedicated following in the underground music scene since their inception in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Matt Kennedy of Kitchen's Floor |url=http://www.hamiltonundergroundpress.com/7/post/2016/07/matt-kennedy-of-kitchens-floor.html |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=HAMILTON UNDERGROUND PRESS |language=en}} Their music has been released on labels Siltbreeze, Negative Guest List, R.I.P Society, Quemada, Bedroom Suck Records,{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Ian |date=2014-05-30 |title=Joe Hockey killed dolewave music, though it barely existed |url=http://theconversation.com/joe-hockey-killed-dolewave-music-though-it-barely-existed-27116 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=The Conversation |language=en}} Bruit Direct Disques, HoZac Records, Petty Bunco, and Eternal Soundcheck.{{Cite web |last=Howell |first=Alex |title=None of That LP |url=https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/review/mrr-476/none-of-that-lp/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL |language=en}}
History
The band was founded by Matt Kennedy (vocals, guitar) in 2007. Kennedy's pre-Kitchen's Floor band was mid-2000s band, Look! Pond.{{Cite web |title=Stew Vol2 No4 (Aug 22) - Stew Magazine |url=https://www.sunflowerstew.com/buy-the-mag/stew-vol-2-issue-4 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=www.sunflowerstew.com |language=en-us}} Kitchen's Floor started as a DIY project, self-recording.{{Cite web |last=Prescott |first=Shaun |date=2012-09-19 |title=Dilapidated Queenslander: Kitchen's Floor Interviewed |url=https://crawlspacemagazine.com/2012/09/20/dilapidated-queenslander-kitchens-floor-interviewed/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Crawlspace: A Music Website From Australia |language=en}} The band is essentially Kennedy's solo project and has had a revolving door of members over the years.
In late 2007, Kennedy was asked to play a solo set at Yvonne Ruve in Sydney, and needed a name for the event poster, he didn't want to use his own name so he came up with the name, Kitchen's Floor.
Kennedy is known for making direct, simple, honest music that reflect his immediate surroundings, with his everyday life in Brisbane featuring heavily in Kitchen's Floor songs.{{Cite web |title=Interview: Kitchen's Floor |url=https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/11433/Interview-Kitchens-Floor.utr |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=UnderTheRadarNZ |language=en}} Most Kitchen's Floor songs are written on an acoustic guitar.
In 2009, Kitchen's Floor released their debut album, Loneliness is A Dirty Mattress. At the time the band were ground zero for Brisbane's underground music community. The influence of Loneliness... inspired several other bands, plus a mini-festival Deadshits.{{Cite news |last=Wallen |first=Doug |date=2014-05-21 |title=R.I.P. Society: the 10 greatest hits |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/may/21/rip-society-the-10-greatest-hits |access-date=2023-07-21 |issn=0261-3077}}
The cover for Kitchen's Floor's sophomore album, Look Forward To Nothing, is a photo of Kennedy sitting in his share-house room nursing a hangover. The share-house also hosted many DIY house shows, integral to the Brisbane music community of the time,{{Cite book |last1=Bennett |first1=Andy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxORDQAAQBAJ&dq=kitchen%27s+floor+band&pg=PA177 |title=Popular Music Scenes and Cultural Memory |last2=Rogers |first2=Ian |date=2016-11-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-40204-2 |language=en}} bands such as Blank Realm, Cured Pink, Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys and Royal Headache played. The house also features in Kitchen's Floor music videos for songs, ‘Left‘ was filmed downstairs in the laundry, ‘116‘ was filmed in the backyard and ‘Bitter Defeat’ was filmed in the lounge room. Their video for song 'Resident Dregs' was shot at a storage facility in West End, it was their first film clip not shot at Kennedy's house.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Tim |date=2015-03-11 |title=Kitchen's Floor Have a New Video and It's Full of Classic Scuzz |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/watch-kitchens-floor-new-video-resident-dregs/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Vice |language=en}}
Kitchen's Floor has toured extensively. In 2011, the band toured across the United States playing 30 shows.{{Cite book |last1=Lashua |first1=B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vB_tAwAAQBAJ&dq=kitchen%27s+floor+band&pg=PA315 |title=Sounds and the City: Popular Music, Place and Globalization |last2=Spracklen |first2=K. |last3=Wagg |first3=S. |date=2014-05-27 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-28311-5 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Matt |date=2013-02-12 |title=Kitchen's Floor USA tour 2011 |url=https://crawlspacemagazine.com/2013/02/13/kitchens-floor-usa-tour-2011/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Crawlspace: A Music Website From Australia |language=en}} In 2015, they toured the UK and Europe. Kitchen's Floor toured New Zealand in 2016.
Between their 2015 album, Battle For Brisbane, and their 2022 album, None Of That, Kennedy suffered writer's block. None Of That was written during the global COVID-19 pandemic, with Kennedy playing all instruments on the album.{{Cite web |last=gimmiezine |date=2022-09-02 |title=GIMMIE ZINE ISSUE 6 |url=https://gimmiezine.com/2022/09/02/gimmie-zine-issue-6/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Zine |language=en-GB}} None Of That was named Brisbane radio station 4ZZZ's Album Of The Week on 28 November 2022, the album was recorded by Blank Realm's Luke Walsh.{{Cite web |last=Der Panini Joe |first=Viktor |date=2022-06-27 |title=BORNE D'ÉCOUTE / Les guitares hantées de Kitchen's Floor |url=https://section-26.fr/les-guitares-hantees-de-kitchens-floor/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Section26 |language=fr-FR}}
Kitchen's Floor appeared on the cover of Australian print music magazine, The Stew, in August 2022.
Members
Current members
- Matt Kennedy- Vocals, Guitar
- Pat Shark - Drums
- Phoebe Bétrémieux - Bass
Past Members
- Andrew McLellan - Organ
- Robert Vagg - Drums
- Josh Watson - Bass / Violin
- Liam Kenny - Bass
- Joe Alexander - Drums
- Glen Schenau - Bass
- Mitch Perkins - Bass
- Julia Norris - Drums / Vocal
- Alen Nguyen - Drums
Discography
Albums
7” Singles
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References
External links
- [https://kitchensfloor.bandcamp.com Kitchen’s Floor Page on Bandcamp]
- [https://www.facebook.com/people/KITCHENS-FLOOR/100063948960104/ Kitchen’s Floor Facebook]
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1753945-Kitchens-Floor Kitchen's Floor on Discogs]
Category:Musical groups from Brisbane
Category:Musical groups established in 2007