See Kid Felix at the Voltage Lounge This Wednesday

by Meaghan Paulosky

Kid Felix never set out to play awesome music together, it just sort of happened. They officially formed in May 2011, but the union was a long time coming. Having known each other in high school, the Jersey-bred band of six had to endure a few failed ventures and chance encounters before everything fell into place.

It was worth the wait.

Just a few months after christening the name “Kid Felix,” partly because “it sounded cool” and partly in the hopes of getting “confused with a rap artist,” they dropped their first EP and hit the ground running. With the release of their second EP in 2012, a number of other shows, and past spots in both Bamboozle and Warped Tour, Kid Felix has become a local band with global potential.

Though that potential doesn’t exactly stress them out. Says guitarist Brett Hagen, “We really don’t have anything specific in mind for where we want to go.  If you were to ask any one of us we’d really just be happy if five years from now we were able to make music full time and just be out on the road playing for as many people as we possibly could.”

That would make the rest of us pretty happy, too. With a sound to compete with some of their influences, like Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, and Kings of Leon, Kid Felix has a considerable amount of talent packed into their handful of released songs. (Try and listen to “Unglued” without immediately thinking of KOL. Hint: go to minute three.)

And these songs have certainly made their way around Philly. Shares Hagen, “We’ve played a lot of great venues in Philly. Our favorites would have to be the TLA, Dobbs, and Milkboy. We just recently played at the World Cafe Live for the first time and had a great time.”

Though their show on January 15^th will be a first for Kid Felix at Voltage Lounge – at least a first time performing there. “But we did play the Electric Factory last New Years Eve and most of us ended up pretty drunk at Voltage sometime at like 2 AM,” he elaborates.

Kid Felix has come a long way since high school graduation and there’s no doubt they’ll go further. Says Hagen, “…we still don’t really think we’ve found our specific sound.  We’re constantly trying to write something different.  We’re very conscious about writing songs that don’t sound the same.”

So do yourself a favor and be sure to come to Voltage Lounge on January 15^th. Maybe even stick around until 2AM.