Katie Harkin

Bio

Katie Harkin has been touring since her teens. In addition to her own band that she formed as a teen, she has been a touring member of Sleater-Kinney, Wild Beasts, Flock of Dimes, and Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett. Her studio work includes contributions to Waxahatchee’s Out In The Storm. Outside of the music world, she has composed for Turner Prize-winning artist Helen Marten and British comedian Josie Long, and she has a Saturday Night Live sketch named after her (Fred Armisen’s 2016 ‘Harkin Brothers Band’). Harkin was released on Hand Mirror, with publishing support from Rough Trade. Harkin and her partner, the poet and live arts organizer Kate Leah Hewett, founded Hand Mirror in 2019.