The urban pop and hum of Boomkat is homegrown by the nuclear team of Taryn and Kellin Manning. After being gleefully liberated from a monotonous job a few years ago Kellin spent the following days at the helm of the Playstation game/program MTV Music Generator. What began as an inconsequential way to pass time became an obsession that propelled Kellin into the world of composing, playing and producing music. With the Mannings hailing from a musical family Taryn was an obvious component to the mix. Learning the process of making music together Kellin and Taryn blazed their sound through experimentation. Boomkat draws on the "art of the mistake," the virtue of trial and error in which they plow through the nuances of their personal history, assembling a sound of soothing surrender and searching doubt. Their influences draw heavily from the hip-hop of the late-80s/early-90s, the Brit-po invasion, the new wave and contemporary artists from Motown to the hiperati. Lending a hand to Boomkat inspiration is the imagery and branding in terms of style and fashion. Both confident and venerable, the music articulates their dichotomous nature, from their dynamic relationships to their aesthetic tastes. The recipe of family artistry almost always results in interesting insights, candid by default or intention. This is an open house of domestic therapy.

Boomkat's previous works include, two EPs (The Wreckoning and Runaway) and the full-length album, Boomkatalog.One) The Boomkat team has raised their profile over the years from the inclusion of their music in film such as the song "Wasting My Time" on the 8 Mile soundtrack. Music from their first LP can also be found in the films Mean Girls, Crossroads, The Hot Chick and The Italian Job.

Boomkat displays their polished chops in their new LP, A Million Trillion Stars (Little Vanilla Records) due out this spring. "Run Boy" their energetic first single is being released along with a visually electric video. Simultaneously jittering with kinetic dance floor infections to thoughtful ruminations that peek under the veil of darker imaginings, this latest effort is Boomkat's most personal and inspired effort to date. Rejecting the expired model of record labels, Boomkat is releasing A Million Trillion Stars independently, joining the ranks of like-minded artists whose aim is the fan and the people that can appreciate their music in a direct pipeline ­from artist to audience. With elements of hip-pop, trip hop, dirty pop, soul, R & B and a DIY indie rock work sensibility unapologetically strutted to the lyrical lashings of bedroom diary confessions, Boomkat is hitting their stride as artists-cum-performers.

A Million Trillion Stars was produced by Mike Elizondo whose credits include a diverse group (Pink, Maroon 5, 50 Cent, Rilo Kiley), resulting in a modern pop record that has everything: style and substance, fun and emotion, dance and ballad, organic instrumentation and metronomic electronica. This is the kind of music you want to dance to alone in your room or under the hypnotic gaze of the strobe lights. A Million Trillion Stars exhibits their growth as musicians and artists with a cinematic flare for producing contagious soundscapes..

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