Tag: This is the Kit

Album | This Is The Kit – Off Off On

Let’s just be honest straight out of the gates, this is an amazing record. Intimate and hypnotic, Kate Stables has not only mined for gold, but has found her fortune. Off Off On is the fourth record she has recorded…

Album | This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze

“I’ve been thinking a lot about truth and storytelling and the way that stories and truth change over time according to who’s telling them or who’s listening to them,” says Kate Stables, singer, songwriter and anchor of This Is The…

Live | This Is The Kit @ Trinity Church, Bristol

The stage is crowded like a primary school nativity play where every kid has necessarily been given a role. It’s the culmination of a celebratory night of revolving cast members and cameos, with This Is The Kit beginning their final…

End Of The Road Festival 2015: Sufjan Stevens, Laura Marling, Marika Hackman, The Unthanks, This Is The Kit

It’s 3pm, a couple of days after the glorious End Of The Road Festival 2015 and I’m online buying early bird tickets for EOTR 2016. I’m diligently clicking and refreshing waiting for the link to explode into life so I…

Album | This Is The Kit – Bashed Out

As winter turns to spring, summer comes into view and we begin to shed the extra layers of clothing. Time then to find some music to listen to while dozing in the sunshine or taking a walk in the country.…

News | Jeff Lewis, Alessi’s Ark, Francois & the Atlas Mountains and more exhibit artwork in London

  This Friday sees the opening of “DIY is all you need”, a free exhibition celebrating music and DIY culture in Deptford, London. Organised by Folie à Deux and Broken Sound, the exhibition will include artwork from Jeffrey Lewis, Rachael Dadd, Rozi Plain,…

Playlist | Schmercuries 2011

Listen to music from all 12 Schmercury nominees, using our handy Spotify playlist and a few lovely links.

Interview | Schmercury best album nominee This Is The Kit

This is the Kit’s debut album Wriggle Out the Restless was released last October, and quickly became a favourite here at FFS. Our reviewer Becky Varley-Winter said: “It’s apt that Wriggle Out The Restless is released by Dreamboat Records, as…

Best album poll: It’s the Schmercuries 2011

On the eve of the Mercury poll, FFS have put together a list of our 12 favourite folk-tinged albums of the past year for our very own Schmercury prize. We’re going to do things a little differently this year, and…