This Is The Kit – Bashed Out

Description

Bashed Out… will also likely be her breakout… get ready to hear a lot more from her. – Stereogum

This Is The Kit is the much beloved musical project of Kate Stables, born in England and based in Paris. Bashed Out was produced Aaron Dessner, a member of The National known for both minting indie icons (Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives) and, more recently, becoming a producer to stars like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Dessners former client Sharon Van Etten called This Is The Kit her favorite new artist in Pitchfork.

The backing band gathered for Bashed Out combines the talents of This Is The Kits touring members alongside session players drawn from the Brooklyn music scene: Bryce Dessner, Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The Gloaming), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National) made key contributions.

Since this LPs initial release Kate made significant contributions to The Nationals 2019 album/film I Am Easy To Find and became a touring member on subsequent live dates.
In 2020, Bashed Outs title track became a streaming hit after an impactful needle drop in a key episode of Netflixs Sex Education series.

This music is honest, human and humane – a folky-lovely slow- rumble. Its rock but of the groovy, hangover-friendly, stonervariety. Stables voice hearkens back to the singer-songwriter era – her distinctive, cutting vocals up front in the mix.

The Line of Best Fit has the band as an essential fixture of British folk music for the past 10 years… one of a handful of truly innovate songwriters working with the British folk template today.

For fans of Joni Mitchell, Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten, Father John Misty, Gillian Welch, Laura Marling, Natalie Prass, Jose Gonzalez.

Green Eyed Muddy Puddle eco-vinyl variant.

Tracklist

Misunderstanding
Silver John
Spores All Settling
Magic Spell
Bashed Out
All In Cahoots
Nits
Vitamins
We Are In
Cold and Got Colder