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Roman Candle is honoured to welcome This Is The Kit back to St Mary's Creative Space, Chester, on Friday, 28th August. Special guest Seamus Fogarty.Tickets are £26 in advance, on sale Friday at 10am from Grey n Pink Records or See Tickets. *SOLD OUT*
THIS IS THE KIT
In today's fast-paced mid-apocalyptic world it can feel like a waste of time to speak about time at all. Why dwell on the past when we could just live in the present because the future won't shut up about how bad it's going to be?
But with This Is The Kit, the pseudonym of songwriter / banjo strummer / pinhole camera lover / Winchester UK born Paris dweller Kate Stables, we're going to have to give time just a modicum of consideration. Because not only is Kate still here and making albums of cataclysmic honesty and welcoming tonal embraces, they are continuing to grow, which is probably the only smart way to move forward through time.
This Is The Kit's music places companionship at a premium, so being welcomed into its space feels like an obvious privilege, on record and in concert hall with her stellar supporting cast of Rozi Plain (bass), Jamie Whitby-Coles (drums) and Neil Smith (guitar). And at this current point in our confusing history, continuing to be here at all, to stand tall and make music to gather to, that's a heroic act. Joyful survival as an act of time-wasting, I'll take that any day of the week. Look to This Is The Kit to spend at least one day of your week this year, I guarantee it will be time well wasted.
SEAMUS FOGARTY
Seamus Fogarty released his debut full-length ‘God Damn You Mountain’ on cult Scottish label Fence Records (King Creosote, Jon Hopkins) in 2012. His most recent release, the Hee Haw EP, was released on Lost Map Records at the end of 2023 with the lead single ‘They Recognised Him’ receiving high praise from a range of DJs and personalities across BBC 6Music and beyond, from Huw Stephens to Gideon Coe to Cillian Murphy (‘just brilliant’)
In between he released two albums on Domino Records, 2017’s ‘The Curious Hand’ and ‘A Bag of Eyes’ (2020), both critically acclaimed for their unique fusion of traditional and electronic instrumentation, combined with a fresh & unusual approach to songwriting and production.
He has toured extensively around the UK, Ireland & Europe and has also appeared at many notable festivals including the main stage of Green Man, Eurosonic, Latitude, Electric Picnic, Mosely Folk & Haldern Pop. He has appeared on Other Voices and recorded live sessions for Mark Radcliffe on on BBC Radio 2 and Cerys Matthews on BBC 6Music. He will be performing a series of shows throughout March & April 2025 to celebrate the vinyl reissue of God Damn You Mountain on Lost Map Records.
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St Mary's Creative Space, Back Doctor Chiropractic Clinic - St Asaph, St Mary's Hill, Chester, CH1 2DW, United Kingdom
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