BIOGRAFIC
"A way back to youth," offers frontman/songwriter Steven Kaiser when asked to describe his band Children Having Children. "Atomic rock."
Steeped in equal parts rock & roll, alternative, and post-everything, then stirred with the orchestral ambitions of the cinema and sweetened with noise, CHC likes to do as they please in an attempt to pay homage to the legacy of great songwriting. Kaiser sees the band as "the outlet for things I can't say any other way. There's a density, a symmetry, an inevitability to our music -- tension and release with a deceptive ability to explode at any moment. Pressing a needle up to the nerve."
Though Kaiser's songwriting is the only constant, the band is equally defined onstage and on record by its regular collaborators Matt Heymann (bass, keyboards, vocals), Bryan Garbe (drums), and David Palatsi (bass, photography). The live band made its debut in 2017 with a string of packed NYC shows before heading into the studio. The resulting EPs "Alibi" and "Sorry Tomorrow spawned the videos for "Checkerboard Red" (dir. by James Berry & Matt Heymann) and "Too Little Too Late" (dir. by Mike Marabella).
Their 2025 album Hourglass Figure is a freefall through time, questioning the reliability of its own memory against the backdrop of love and power. It marks their first collaboration with legendary drummer Matt Walker (Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey).
Kaiser adds, "We hail from the greatest city in the world and look forward to conveying that excitement to you. Thank you for your patronage in these trying times." Stay tuned to childrenhavingchildren.com for news, music, tour dates, and other off-color remarks.
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