This Is The Kit

Since 2008’s debut album Krulle Bol, This Is The Kit (lead by Kate Stables) have unpicked emotional knots and woven remarkable stories.
By the end of 2018, the band had finished touring their last album, the talismanic Moonshine Freeze – leading to Kate’s Ivor Novello nomination.
Richly illuminating and acutely sensitive to the pulses and currents of life, 2020’s follow up Off Off On was a beautifully clear distillation of Stables’ song-writing gifts. showing an artist overflowing with ideas.

Stables and band released Careful Of Your Keepers in 2023, which was produced by Rough Trade label-mate Gruff Rhys. Stables described his role as being a “tonesetter,” watchful and attentive to the band dynamics while making sure to always follow a hunch for where a new sound could find its place in the recording. “I’ve always loved the idea of working with him somehow, and when this album started getting planned, I realized that maybe this was my chance to reach out and see if he was up for working together,” Stables explains. “And he was! As if that wasn’t enough, he was also up for doing a bit of singing on the record, which totally blew my mind and made my year. His way with harmony and melody and the tone and quality of his voice is a totally killer combo.”

In early 2024 Stables paid homage to Rhys by releasing a cover of his track ‘Sensations In The Dark’. This Is The Kit will continue the year by releasing a live album for Record Store Day, ‘Live at The Minack Theatre’. Taken from a performance at the beautiful Cornish venue the year prior, the record is a wonderful reflection of Stables’ songwriting but also the tightness of the live group. The live record accompanies a concert film that premieres on the 20th April as part of the ‘Doc ‘N Roll’ Festival in London. Featuring tracks from critically acclaimed albums ‘Careful Of Your Keepers’, ‘Off Off On’ and ‘Moonshine Freeze’, ‘Live at The Minack Theatre’ sees the band (including three-piece horn section) on top form, responding to the resplendent surroundings in front of a hugely appreciative audience.

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