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2013 promotional single by The Naked and Famous From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I Kill Giants" is a promotional single from In Rolling Waves, the second studio album from The Naked and Famous.
"I Kill Giants" | |
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Promotional single by The Naked and Famous | |
from the album In Rolling Waves | |
Released | 13 September 2013 |
Genre | Indie rock, synthpop |
Length | 4:12 |
Label | Fiction |
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According to vocalist Alisa Xayalith, the song is about her losing her mother to breast cancer at a very young age, admitting that "[She] felt insecure singing about something so infinitely painful and blatantly autobiographical."[1] The title comes from a comic book of the same name by Joe Kelly.[2]
Though intended for inclusion on debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You, the tune was not finished in time for that album.[3][4]
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.[1]
The song is described by Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club 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".[5] Matt Collar of AllMusic describes the composition as "particularly epic in proportion and cinematic in its emotional momentum".[6]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of In Rolling Waves.[8]
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