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Kill Hannah at work ahead of 'Hopeless' trek
Kill Hannah frontman Mat Devine has a rather unconventional way of saving bits and pieces of song ideas. Instead of running out and buying multiple notebooks, he graces his body with potential lyrics and thoughts.
"I've already run out of space on my phone, voicemail and notebooks and paper and everything, so I just started writing all over my arms and hands and stuff," Devine said during an interview with LiveDaily. "My arms are completely covered in notes and lyrics and stuff. In these little pockets we have off of tour, we write a lot. I've got this dry erase board where I organize the ideas and fragments of songs and the progress of the entire body of work. It's getting out of control. I think I need to get a second one."
Fans can see his literal body of work when the band embarks on its 40-city Hope for the Hopeless Tour with The Medic Droid, Innerpartysystem and The White Tie Affair. Details are listed below.
"This is definitely going to be our coolest headlining tour ever," Devine said. "Everybody on this package has a lot of cool stuff going on right now. I just saw White Tie Affair's video on MTV. Their new single is totally blowing up. Innerpartysystem is totally blowing up right now, too, in a slightly different scene, in a New York scene. We were just in England again and they were all over the press there, too. Every one of the support bands [is] kind of up and coming."
The name "Hope for the Hopeless" refers to the reciprocal support that fans and Kill Hannah give each other.
"It's kind of a slightly tongue-in-cheek, slightly ironic title right now, though, because things seem to be going so well," Devine said. "But, truly, we have learned that, over the years, regardless of radio and regardless of press and financial success, our greatest equity is in our fanbase. They're the ones who buoy us and keep us alive. We get so many letters and gestures from them. It kind of refers to this entire fanbase around the globe. If no one can afford therapy, they can go to our shows."
"Hope for the Hopeless is also the title of an EP that the band self-released to tide fans over between its 2006 Atlantic Records album, "Until There's Nothing Left of Us," and its forthcoming LP from its new label, Roadrunner Records.
