[2026-09-26] The Kilkenny Cats "Hammer Plus Echo (Remastered And Expanded Edition)" (Propeller)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jul 25, 2025 4:05 am

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Description
Expanded reissue of the 1988 EP Hammer EP now includes a newly compiled "Echo" collection of lost recordings with liner notes by Tom Cheek, and rare archival material, on CD in an eco-wallet with full color booklet.

In 1988, Athens, Georgia’s Kilkenny Cats released Hammer, a fierce and atmospheric EP that captured the moody heart of the late-'80s Southern underground. More than three decades later, this cult classic returns in expanded form as Hammer + Echo. Remastered and featuring unreleased recordings, unseen photos, and liner notes that reframe the story of a band that never quite fit the mold.

Hammer + Echo includes the original six-track Hammer EP, remastered from the original tapes, and a newly assembled "Echo" collection of unreleased recordings. This collection - raw, powerful, and deeply evocative - charts the band's evolution through outtakes, demos, and deep cuts spanning from 1983 to the early '90s.

The Kilkenny Cats' Hammer + Echo is not just a reissue - it's a resurrection. It reminds us of a band that thrived on its own strange frequency: part Southern Gothic, part art-rock, part something else entirely. Listening now, you can still hear it - restless yearning, captured in real time.

Tracklist
Hammer:
1. To Speak To
2. Nervous Neville
3. A Month Of Sundays
4. Sight On Sight
5. House Of Alastor
6. Mount Steel
Echo:
7. Walk The Streets
8. Indians
9. Maldoror
10. Seer Song
11. Mapplethorpe
12. Barely Hanging On, Wild Rain
13. Never Make A Saint
14. Heaven

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Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2025 9:43 pm

"To Speak To"

[2026-09-26] The Kilkenny Cats "Hammer Plus Echo (Remastered And Expanded Edition)" (Propeller)

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