What happened to the Danish frontier indie band Kitty Wu?
The bands debut album Privacy in 2001 was followed by the enigmatic and dark masterpiece Rules of Transportation in 2003. What happened to the Danish postpunk/indie band with the distinct style, sound and lyrics? Did the rules of a mainstream and conformity in the music industry break them, or did they just run out of creative diesel?
Kitty Wu is the name of a mysterious woman in the novel Moon Palace (1989) by Paul Auster. It is also the name of a Copenhagen-based band operating in a stylistic – and in many aspects uncompromising – greyzone where catchy melodic hooklines collide with austere and clandestine, dark lyrics. This zone was a crucial and investigative field of study for the band – and they were bold and courageous enough to go deep.
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Kitty Wu worked with prominent names My Bloody Valentine, Guy Fixsen from Pixies and Rob Ellis of PJ Harvey, to mention a few.
However, since 2017 it seems that they have either pulled the plug or chosen to be efficiently under the radar. A possible split-up can not be confirmed online. Neither can an upcoming album, a tour or just a one gig venue, or any kind of activity, indicating that the ensemble should be alive and kicking musically. Strange – and in many ways symptomatic considering the aura of this band.
Highnote collaborations
During their creative course spanning 2001-2012 the band has worked with some prominent names: My Bloody Valentine, Guy Fixsen from Pixies and Rob Ellis of PJ Harvey, to mention a few. Their most recent album Carrier Pigeons (2012) was mixed by John O’Mahony in legendary Electric Lady Studios.
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They received great reviews from respected music critics, but commercially they never made a home run in Denmark at all. Internationally, they gave it a shot, but never really made it. Nevertheless, they did in fact play at Roskilde Festival, and the did support Muse on the Scandinavian and Finnish leg of the brits 2004 European Tour. Kitty Wu earned both, and to our humble opinion: The band deserved much more.
