Screamo-Pop reminiscent of At The Drive-In or early Sonic Youth. This is album version of the track.

We Have Guns

Cancer is the second single from On The First Day… They Were Kittens debut album, a lot of credit should go to my former bandmate, https://on.soundcloud.com/xrVMubrYSBV5Pxit5, he really lays down the law with his bass playing and writing on this one🤘🏻

Cancer

Previously unreleased. Recorded on reel-to-reel tape at Dogwood Studios.

Phone Spiders

Larva Sinister

Dreamy yet heavy while riding that bass groove

The Idea Of Right Vs. Wrong

If Metallica took acid they might sound lime this…

The Scar Remains

A highly emotional epic dedicated to the memory of our friend, Josh Ricketts. R.I.P.

Sunmeltsnow

Build Up To A Small X-Plosion

A hard rock cover of the Duran Duran classic!

Planet Earth

An upbeat guitar driven song inspired by a film from the 80s.

Manhunter

House Of Capricorn

Charlatan

get it you get it you don’t get to…

with this protected infection dead pet your animal

I wrote the lyrics this song about the Cameron Robbins incident in the Bahamas in 2023. The music was written by  my former bandmate Jesse McMinn, who currently  plays in The HVNZ… this is the closest thing to a new On The First Day… They Were Kittens song in about 20 years!

Overboard

Radio Edit of "We Have Guns," one of the more popular songs from the band I used to play in, On The First Day... They Were Kittens

We Have Guns - 7" single

We Have Guns (radio edit)

He/Him from Portland, OR

Mike Vorpal isn’t just making music—he’s crafting an atmosphere. Emerging from Eugene, OR’s experimental rock scene as the former guitarist for *On The First Day… They Were Kittens*, Vorpal has channeled his raw energy and genre-bending instincts into a solo sound that defies easy classification. His music pulses with the anthemic drive of Arcade Fire, crashes with the grunge-laced fury of Nirvana, and drapes itself in the brooding shadows of darkwave. Whether it’s haunting melodies or blistering riffs, Mike Vorpal delivers something both familiar and entirely his own—a sonic experience that lingers long after the final note...

Check out Mike Vorpal’s solo debut, “Memes” which is available now!

 @MikeVorpal can be followed on the gram and Threads, as well as on Youtube and Bluesky.

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