I've Failed You

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"I don’t want to say it’s a concept record, but pretty much every song is about the same thing. It’s about things that happen in your life that you have no control over, the feeling that you’ve let someone down. It’s weird; I didn’t put too much thought into what I wanted to call the album. I guess I wanted to be as honest as possible. A lot of the lyrics that I’ve written in the past are very veiled, and I guess I tried to leave them as open to interpretation as possible so people could read into them whatever they wanted. I didn’t want to be too personal in the past, but this time it was a bit different. I wanted to put all my cards on the table and say exactly how I felt."

— Morgan Lander on the meaning and themes of I've Failed You [2]

According to Metal Hammer , I've Failed You "nailed the balance between accessibility and brutality [...], adding melody and harmonies to [Kittie's] steely-eyed thrash and death metal." [3] Kittie described the as a continuation of their fifth album In the Black (2009), expanding upon its style and production, as well as their darkest, most introspective release. [4] [5] [6] The album's lyrics drew from various events of turmoil that vocalist and guitarist Morgan Lander experienced in the two years following the release of In the Black, [7] [8] the most notable being the end of a decade-long relationship and the death of David Lander, Morgan and drummer Mercedes Lander's father and Kittie's manager, in 2008. [2] [6] Although Morgan found it difficult to go into detail about the album's lyrics in interviews, [7] Mercedes would describe them as "quite literal". [8]

Kittie began working on new material in January 2011, after taking a small hiatus following the end of their year-long international tour in support of In the Black in October 2010. [1] [7] [9] The band finished writing in early March, [10] and in mid-April 2011 they commenced the recording of I've Failed You with producer Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios in London, Ontario. [11] Recording sessions lasted a total of three weeks. [9] As with In the Black, Meier used a Studer A827 tape machine to record I've Failed You's tracks; Mercedes drums, which had been recorded digitally on In the Black, were also tracked using the tape machine. [1] Due to immigration difficulties preventing her from joining the other members of Kittie in Canada, Meier was forced to travel to the United States with a mobile recording setup to record Ivy Jenkins' bass tracks, which he recorded with no distortion so he could run them through a bass amplifier and some comps at Beach Road. [1] [12] In a 2011 interview with OnMilwaukee , Meier said that he and Kittie had joking compared the album's "bassless" sound during production to Metallica's ...And Justice for All . [1] Despite this setback, the other members of Kittie managed to keep Jenkins as involved as possible with the album during production, sending her rough mixes as recording progressed. [1] The band had initially planned on having Jenkins send material over to them as well, but this was scrapped due to time constraints. [13]

Morgan described "We Are the Lamb" as "a tale of self-sacrifice, to give those you love a chance to grow and learn to live for themselves". [14] Its lyrics were written by Mercedes, who, according to Morgan, "[gave] me a sheet of paper that was more of a poem. She said, "Do what you would like with it - extrapolate." [7] [15] "Empires, Pt. 1" and "Empires, Pt. 2" both share the same chords and structure, with the former being a solo acoustic piece written and performed by lead guitarist Tara McLeod and the latter a heavier, more aggressive song. [16] In an interview with Revolver , Morgan said that the song was "about the fall of something that at one time was considered great and indestructible. It likens a union, or relationship to the idea of a great empire, and as history has taught us, even the most mighty and powerful of empires crumble and fall eventually. Nothing is forever." [16]

Release

Promotion

On July 20, 2011, Kittie exclusively announced the release of I've FailedYou on Noisecreep and premiered "We Are the Lamb" as its lead single. [17] Its music video, released on August 30, 2011, [14] was produced by MGYNYC, a video production company run by Dave Brodsky and Allison Woest, whom Kittie had previously worked with on the music videos for "Cut Throat" and "Sorrow I Know" (both off of In the Black). [18] Mercedes described the video as the band's "take on the [1970s] italian zombie movie", with her and Morgan both noting their love of horror movies. [8] [18] On August 2, 2011, the album's second single, "Empires Pt. 2", was premiered through Revolver magazine's website, with a music video for the song being released on August 15, 2011. [16] [19]

On August 23, 2011, Kittie made I've Failed You available for streaming through Exclaim! . [20] [21] The album was officially released in the United States through eOne Music on August 30, 2011, and in Europe through Massacre Records on September 5, 2011. [22] Selling 3,000 copies in its first week of release, the album debuted and peaked at number 178 on the US Billboard 200 chart. [23] [24] The album also made appearances on three other Billboard charts, peaking at number 10 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, number 26 on the Top Independent Albums and number 46 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts. [24]

Touring

Kittie began touring in support of I've Failed You on August 11, 2011, when they performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. [25] From August 12 to September 21, 2011, they toured the United States, taking Dirge Within and Diamond Plate with them as support. [26] In mid-February 2012, the band performed two shows in Canada before embarking on their first tour of Australia since 2002, between February 25 and March 5, 2012. [27] Prior to these performances, on February 13, 2012, Kittie announced that they would be amicably parting ways with Ivy Jenkins and that Trish Doan, who played bass on the band's fourth album Funeral for Yesterday (2007), would rejoin the band following their performance at the Soundwave Festival in Sydney on February 26, 2012. [28] [29] Doan had previously left the band in mid-2007 after struggling with anorexia athletica-nervosa whilst on tour. [30] [31] [32] McLeod said that it "was a great regret for Trish that things didn't work out for her the first time, and I think she did want that second opportunity to kind of try again. Kinda prove to herself that she could do it." [33] Following the Australia tour, Kittie toured the United States and Canada again from April 10 to May 25, 2012, supported by The Agonist (from April 19 onwards), [34] Blackguard and Bonded by Blood. [35] [36]

Kittie's final performance for nearly four years took place at the Spread the Metal Festival at The Opera House in Toronto on September 7, 2013—their only performance that year—after which the band went on a hiatus, citing rising costs associated with touring and writing new music. [37] [38] [39] Morgan later noted declining turnouts at the band's shows as a factor, [40] with her and Mercedes both feeling that Kittie had "overstayed [their] welcome" by the time I've Failed You was released. [41] Doan would remain with Kittie until her death on February 11, 2017. [42] Though never officially breaking up, [41] Kittie remained largely inactive until January 2022, by which point Jenkins had rejoined the band. [43]

Critical reception

I've Failed You
Kittie2011albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Kittie
ReleasedAugust 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)
StudioBeach Road (Goderich) [N 1]
Genre
Length36:26
Label eOne
Producer Siegfried Meier
Kittie chronology
In the Black
(2009)		I've Failed You
(2011)		Not So... Safe
(2012)
Kittie studio album chronology
In the Black
(2009)		I've Failed You
(2011)		 Fire
(2024)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [44]
Blabbermouth.net 7/10 [45]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [46]
Edmonton Journal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [47]
laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [48]
Metal.de 6/10 [49]
Metal Hammer 6/10 [50]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [51]

I've Failed You received mixed reviews from critics. Exclaim! 's Denise Falzon referred to the album as Kittie's "most accomplished release to date", praising its production and greater cohesion of its members' talents. [5] Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net similarly praised the album's production and dynamics, stating that it "won't irreversibly alter the face of metal, but it'll leave some nasty cuts and scratches from those permanently sharp claws." [45] However, he felt that its mellower, alternative rock-inspired tracks—namely "Never Coming Home" and "Time Never Heals"—"[flirted] with the generic". [45] Holly Wright of Metal Hammer praised the album's "sledgehammer" riffs and its guitar solos, but noted that it occasionally "[sounded] a bit too much like Gwen Stefani covering At the Gates". [50] Andreas Himmelstein and Frank Albrecht, both from Rock Hard , gave differing opinions. [52] Himmelstein gave the album a 5 out of 10, criticizing its "total lack of ideas" and Morgan Lander's limited range, whilst Albrecht gave the album a 7.5 out of 10, finding its mix of death metal riffs and melodic vocals to be "highly entertaining". [52]

AllMusic stated that the album "sounds nearly interchangeable with their previous releases, which may provide solace for some of the quartet's many fans, but will likely provide a whole lot of ammunition for their detractors." [44] Carla Gillis of Now criticized the album's failure to "improve on or diverge from" Kittie's previous albums, as well as its lack of "memorable lyrics, riffs or melodies". [51] Katharina of Metal.de felt the album was monotonous, uninspired, and lacking in focus. [49] In a highly negative review, David Buchanan of Consequence of Sound said that the album "[offered] nothing short of mediocre hardcore ("I’ve Failed You") with a 50% sentimental 'epic' for show (the two-part "Empires")" and criticized its overall design and aesthetic, which he claimed "yields the reason some late-’90s cusp performers will never regain their footing commercially or artistically: they flat out sucked to begin with." [46]

Track listing

All songs written by Kittie. [53]

No.TitleLength
1."I've Failed You"2:11
2."We Are the Lamb"2:51
3."Whisper of Death"4:18
4."What Have I Done?"5:25
5."Empires, Pt. 1"2:13
6."Empires, Pt. 2"3:41
7."Come Undone"2:15
8."Already Dead"2:51
9."Never Come Home"3:15
10."Ugly"2:57
11."Time Never Heals"4:30
Total length:36:26

Personnel

Adapted from CD liner notes. [53]

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak

position

US Billboard 200 [24] 178
US Top Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [24] 10
US Top Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [24] 26
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [24] 46

Release history

ReigonLabelFormatDateCatalog #Ref.
United States eOne Music
August 30, 2011EOM-CD-2153 [17]
Germany Massacre Records September 2, 2011MAS CD0728 [54]
EuropeSeptember 5, 2011 [22]

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Notes

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