Kirby Krackle Frontman Kyle Stevens On Getting Real And Staying Nerdy [Interview]
In Kirby Krackle's discography, you'll find songs sung from the point of view of Mario, Thor, a vampire, a Fallout vault dweller, a free-agent henchman, and Tony Stark's life coach. There's plenty of that in the band's new album, "Sounds Like You," which comes out July 9, but there's also a good bit of sincerity. In advance of the release and a West-coast tour of the United States which kicks off July 14 in Seattle, ComicsAlliance chatted with frontman Kyle Stevens about lyrical honesty, not trying to be cool, and, of course, Spider-Man.
ComicsAlliance: Let's start with a topic very close to my heart: There's a Spider-Man song on this album, from the perspective of the titular web-slinger. Is it Peter or Miles?
CA: You seem to go out of your way to avoid saying the name "Spider-Man" in the song. Is that your way of differentiating your song from the famous 1967 cartoon theme, which was famously covered by The Ramones?
CA: This album is funny as well. There's a pretty hilarious song about partying at grandma's house. Another one is all about wearing your most comfortable pants when you get home. One focuses entirely on tacos. It's like, comfort comedy. Kind of not caring about what people think and enjoying life. There's a sort of maturity to it. Do you think you would have written songs like that even a few years ago?