Name: Benefits + Hang Linton | Social | Hull
Start: 2025-04-23T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Social

Presented by Social, Bud Heron and Soundsphere Magazine.
Benefits + support from Hang Linton
BENEFITS
In their four years of existence, much has changed for Teesside agitators Benefits. Over lockdown, they morphed from spirited guitar-led punks into overwhelmingly brutal harsh noise-wielders, whose furious, eviscerating music garnered them the kind of word-of-mouth following most artists can only dream of. Frontman Kingsley Hall’s spoken (and screamed) vocals acting as a righteous rebuke to the divisive, xenophobic, poisonous rhetoric coming from elsewhere, spread by those who stand to profit from the fallout, that had all but overwhelmed our public discourse.
Every time one of the band’s bracing polemics arrived, it would spread rapidly across social media like an antidote to that disease and gather more to Benefits’ cause. High-profile fans like Steve Albini, Sleaford Mods and Modeselektor were among those on board from the off. Effusive coverage from the likes of NME, The Quietus, Loud & Quiet and The Guardian and more soon followed. Through it all, the outfit remained staunchly DIY, operating entirely without a label, press team or industry leg-ups.
Their debut album “NAILS” not only earned widespread press support and radio playlist spots, but it also appeared in album of the year lists from the likes of Louder Than War (#1), BBC Radio 6 Music, NME, The Quietus, The Line Of Best Fit, Loud & Quiet, Far Out, God Is In The TV, and more.
Due out 21st March via Invada Records, their new album “Constant Noise” follows the band’s widely acclaimed debut.
HANG LINTON
Splicing avant-funk, dance punk & breakbeats, Hang Linton is an interdisciplinary artist based in Leeds. Equipped with an array of synths, samplers and relentless physicality, Hang bends your ear around the counterculture sounds & movements that have shaped him.
Named BBC 6 Music's "Hot Tip" & "Introducing Best of the Year" Linton has shared stages with Yard Act and Kimya Dawson, bagged DJ Mag's Electronic Music Award, and earned NME’s 4/5-star acclaim for their debut EP, Demonstrations.