33 1/3, Screamfeeder's Kitten Licks

A cultural history of Screamfeeder's break-out album, Kitten Licks, incorporating new interview material from all the major creative contributors.

Released in 1996, Kitten Licks catapulted Brisbane indie-rock three-piece Screamfeeder into the '90s alternative-rock. International tours, regular festival shows, and TV appearances followed. And yet, commercial success for Screamfeeder was comparatively short-lived. This is the story of how Kitten Licks was made, how it was swept up into '90s mythology and what the journey tells us about the fickle nature of music production in Australia, namely: how to survive it.

Features exclusive interviews with all band members, management, and the production team behind the record. Broadens the album's legacy beyond Queensland and into the wider world of rock music, in parallel with the recent reissue of most of the band's catalogue, including Kitten Licks. Illuminates the dramatic and fraught period in which Screamfeeder almost reached international stardom, revealing a lot about the 90s alternative moment in the Australian context.