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Their name is veiled in mystery but Kidic’ s anthemic won’t be a closely guarded secret for much longer words Shilpa Ganatra
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 28 May 2007
Sometimes, band names mean absolutely squat. They are the result of a band flicking through the dictionary (Ash), or an accident that stuck (Therapy?) but for others, like Kidic, it’s symbolic.
Formerly known as Kid Icarus, the Dublin foursome found themselves at a crossroads last year.
“At the time we didn‘t have a website, promotional photos, or any gigs lined up,” begins frontman Morgan Brickley. “We pretty much had nothing, except a belief in Kid Icarus, but that was more of a project – we’d only play shows about once a year. So we drew a line under Kid Icarus and got serious. We changed our name to Kidic (pronounced kidik) and kept our head down working on new material until we were ready to launch an attack – which begins now.”
The activity of which he talks centres around the release of a single, the first in a trio planned for this summer. The follow-up is a remix of an older song, ‘Rhetoric’, and the third is a song that’s “two fingers to Rupert Murdoch and an indictment to all the lazy journalism of Sky TV,” he explains. But it’s with their lead single, ‘Holding Doors For Strangers’ that they’re hoping to make the biggest impression.
And it’s paying off. The track, a confident song that meanders between a broody and melodic that fans of Placebo and Coldplay will love, was A-listed on Phantom FM. They’ve also had interest from international A&R, and even praise from music mogul Howie Rosen.
“We got a call from him – a guy who’s worked with Kiss, Blondie and Frank Sinatra – and his quote was that it was the greatest song he’d ever heard. That was quite a compliment!”
To accompany the track, they splashed out on a video which stars Clare-born TV personality Tara Leniston, former presenter of MTV Asia and protege of Jackie Chan.
“I’m not sure how we managed to rope her in,” he mulls in answer to my question. “She’s pretty well-known in the States and in the Far East, but I guess she wanted to increase her profile here because she has a movie coming out soon, Meet Me In Miami.”
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