"I Kill Giants" is a promotional single from ''

In Rolling Waves ''In Rolling Waves'' is the second studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. It was released on 13 September 2013 by Fiction Records and Island Records. On 23 July 2013, the album's lead single, " Hearts Like Ours" ...

'', the second studio album from

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Premise

According to vocalist Alisa Xayalith, the song is about her losing her mother to breast

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at a very young age, admitting that " hefelt insecure singing about something so infinitely painful and blatantly

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." The title comes from a comic book of the same name by Joe Kelly. Though intended for inclusion on debut album '' Passive Me, Aggressive You'', the tune was not finished in time for that album.

Video

The music video, which debuted on the same day, features two women performing theatrical dance in front of a church congregation, and was directed by Joel Kefali.

Critical reception

The song is described by Kyle Ryan of

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as being the song that has a large 3 note chorus with staccato synthesizer that lifts the tempo of the album following the tranquil song "Golden Girl". Matt Collar of

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describes the composition as "particularly epic in proportion and cinematic in its emotional momentum".

Track listing

;UK promo single # "I Kill Giants" (Radio Edit) – 3:39 # "I Kill Giants" (Instrumental) – 4:12

Personnel

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– engineer * John Catlin – engineer (mix) *

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– mastered *

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– producer *

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– mixing * Thom Powers – producer * David Schwerkolt – engineer (assistant)

References

External links

* The Naked and Famous songs 2013 singles 2013 songs {{2010s-rock-song-stub