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 Kat and the Hurricane debut LP Got It Out  available now

Midwest trans synth-rockers Kat and the Hurricane share debut full-length studio album, Got It Out, representing a new high in their craft of catharsis. Seamlessly weaving elements of synth rock, pop punk, indie-pop, alternative rock, indie-folk, and hip-hop across ten tracks, the trio speaks to the growing pains of mental health and trauma healing. From the raucous stadium rock anthem, “Therapy,” high-energy pop-punk confessional “Caffeine & Alcohol,” and lush indie-pop closer, “Smoke,” Kat and the Hurricane illustrates how, even with some healing and a lot of getting it out, pain never truly goes away - it simply shifts.

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“This album explores themes of heartbreak, rage, loss, uncertainty, and vulnerability while showcasing the importance of accepting and expressing those feelings. At its heart, Got It Out is about healing. And, at the same time, it’s never quite that simple. Something we talked about a lot while writing these songs is that trauma changes you. Traumatic experiences can become the lens through which you experience the world, your interactions with other people, and your family or dating relationships. There’s also something very cyclical and bittersweet about healing, in that the pain never goes away fully. You just develop a different relationship with it over time. When traces of that hurt surface, you may be a little further away from its original source - you’re a different person in a different moment, maybe with more coping skills - yet the pain still follows. Healing isn’t linear. 

We wanted to mirror that experience in the way the album itself is structured: it begins triumphant, self-congratulatory, and campy and is bookended with ‘Smoke’ / ‘Track 10,’ bittersweet and ruminating sibling tracks about the lingering effects of past hurt. The album ends in the click of a dropped call and a sense of disappointment, right before looping back into the xylophone intro of ‘Therapy.’ And that’s what healing is - we can only move forward by looking back, and we can only heal by leaning into community and getting it out.”  - Kat Rhapsody, Alex Nelson, & Benjamin Rose