Why Animal Field Recordings Inspire The Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills use the dictionary to describe their sound: "Cacophony, noun. A harsh discordant mixture of sounds."

Emerging from the "Fremantle Flower Arrangement scene circa 2003, the KDH have consistently failed to heed the cries of 'stop!', 'retire now!' and 'silence!' and emerged intact to recently release our fourth studio album In On Under Near Water, a sonically redolent bouquet of angsty noise," laughs singer and guitarist Brendon Humphries.

"Making the new record has been my most enjoyed experience. I love the whole writing, recording, mixing process very much. As for shows, touring around Europe a couple of times rates as the most fun, exhausting, ape-pack experience for me; a Contiki tour devised by Satan."

They take their inspiration from the most unlikely places, Humphries cites "Animal field recordings - they make music too - singing gospel tunes with my girlfriend, she's got the greatest voice, and film soundtracks - the theme from Contempt by George Delerue is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard." He also provides a very compelling reason to see the band live: "Because we don't come here very much, and you may get hit by a bus or an amateur skydiver tomorrow, embrace us like an old flame and you may just get lucky."