KIRKLANDD

KIRKLANDD is a punk rapper from Canberra, Australia blending hip hop, nu-metal and rock into a hybrid sound he calls &#39;punk hip hop&#39;. Growing up listening to <a href="spotify:artist:20qISvAhX20dpIbOOzGK3q" data-name="Nas">Nas</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:01QTIT5P1pFP3QnnFSdsJf" data-name="Lupe Fiasco">Lupe Fiasco</a>, before finding strength in the energy of <a href="spotify:artist:6XyY86QOPPrYVGvF9ch6wz" data-name="Linkin Park">Linkin Park</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3MM8mtgFzaEJsqbjZBSsHJ" data-name="Bloc Party">Bloc Party</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2d0hyoQ5ynDBnkvAbJKORj" data-name="Rage Against The Machine">Rage Against The Machine</a>, KIRKLANDD spent the last three years crafting his debut mixtape, a project he’s just announced for release in September.

Following performances with <a href="spotify:artist:0KtaCKmTMIQZsxlOgyNa04" data-name="Dune Rats">Dune Rats</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:34dKvFZNwGaM0NMDtZaJ0P" data-name="1300">1300</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:6PuJrdkZtPSasOeTO3MJEy" data-name="FANGZ">FANGZ</a> and festival slots at Spilt Milk, NYE on the Hill and Groovin&#39; the Moo, KIRKLANDD has now built an explosive new live show with DJ Izm (<a href="spotify:artist:1xSSjJrKTO2ZNPU81uLtmI" data-name="Bliss n Eso">Bliss n Eso</a>) and Henry Beard (<a href="spotify:artist:76NpRNEWMaNdOudixwOPRo" data-name="Yours Truly">Yours Truly</a>).

KIRKLANDD has received co-signs for his music from <a href="spotify:artist:3aQeKQSyrW4qWr35idm0cy" data-name="T-Pain">T-Pain</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:27w1NoOLMX7tJMYqcetPyG" data-name="VIC MENSA">VIC MENSA</a> and most recently <a href="spotify:artist:5Y5TRrQiqgUO4S36tzjIRZ" data-name="Timbaland">Timbaland</a>, who upon hearing KIRKLANDD’s mixtape stated “this is the type of music I’d play for Pharrell... Kanye would definitely like this”, and invited KIRKLANDD to shoot a video with him in Texas for his lead mixtape single, “ECHÖ!”.

Now KIRKLANDD is about to begin the world of his mixtape with &#39;VENEER&#39;, the first single that invites you to dance amongst the chaos of the world, and piece by piece tear down the thin VENEER of an establishment built on greed, division and self-preservation.