This Is The Kit – The Workman’s Club, 6th March

Kate Stables’ This Is The Kit play The Workman’s Club tonight, 6th March

This Is The Kit‘s third album Bashed Out will be released on 3rd April.

Growing up in a green leafy English town, multi-instrumentalist Kate learned from an early age that great art takes time. “The place I grew up is defined as a Roman Saxon medieval city, they started building the Winchester Cathedral a thousand years ago and have been working on it ever since” she explains.

This Is The Kit have been in existence since the 00s, moving to Bristol to continue her musical education, before upping sticks and leaving for Paris. It was here where her debut album Krulle Bol took shape, recorded and produced by PJ Harvey’s long-standing musical collaborator John Parish. Her second album, 2010’s Wriggle Out The Restless was made in France alongside members of Francois and the Atlas Mountains before final touches from TITK’s extended musical family were added in Bristol, Belgium and several points in between.

The continuing expansion of TITK’s musical family is where the story of Bashed Out starts — beginning with a pair of intersections with the story of now legendary New York band The National. Kate’s eldest sister Jane Stables was an early fan and friend to the band – providing couches and floors for them on their first UK tour in 2002. That friendship is why in 2011, The National ended up at a small Hackney cafe watching This Is The Kit. Struck by what he’d heard, Aaron offered to reissue Wriggle Out The Restless (which had fallen victim to two labels going out of business) and support slots at New York City’s Beacon Theatre and London’s Alexandra Palace.

A demo exchange followed across the Atlantic and in early 2014, Kate flew to Brooklyn to flesh out her ideas into full recordings. Her past experience allowed her to quickly plug into an entirely new musical community and Bashed Out was swiftly completed.

“The main reason for doing what I do is the exchange with other people – musical exchange yes, and other exchanges too. A hello and a handshake and the constant opportunity to learn from the knowledge and experience of others. As far as I can work out, the only thing worth doing in life is meeting, helping and swapping stories and experiences and resources with other people. Doing, making, learning.”

 

This Is The Kit
The Workman’s Club
8pm, Friday 6th March
http://thisisthekit.co.uk/ incl booking fee.

http://thisisthekit.co.uk/

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