Thursday, December 10, 2015

DECEMBER NEWS

greetings and happy holiday times everyone!


And we have some excellent news for you.
Some of the original drawings used to make our recent video of "Magic Spell" are now available to order online with the Bandcamp version.

You can get a drawing with your download starting at $15 + shipping. (or £10 or 13€)

They've all been hand drawn by the artist Sam Wisternoff himself, and if you order in time he'll be able to post in time for the holidays!



and so to celebrate we're on the scout about for drawings that you guys might have done of any thisisthekit activities/events or inspired by our songs.
you can help us to find them by using the hashtag #drawthekit
post them to your instagram account and we'll share some of them on ours lIke so https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/drawthekit/
(you can use #drawthekit also on twitter and facebook and anywhere else you like)


and another nice bit of news is that Guy Garvey has chosen BASHED OUT as his 6 music album of the year!
speechless!




and here are some drawings that we've collected in the past:

 alice wood

liz greenfield

zazie ansquer



Wednesday, December 2, 2015

the last leg of 2015!

a huge huge thank you thank thank you to everyone who came along to our recent UK shows!


and especially a huge thank you to CRISTOBAL AND THE SEA who came with us and played a blinder every night


and so here we all are moving into december. 
and this here is what we'll be up to this month:

DECEMBER EUROPEAN DATES WITH JOSÉ GONZALES

8 Dec

Stockholm SE
Circus
Sold Out

9 Dec

Copenhagen, DK
Store Vega
Sold Out

10 Dec- Utrecht, NL
Trivoli Ronda

11 Dec - Bristol, UK
Motion

12 Dec 

Dublin, IRE
Academy

14 Dec 

Birmingham, UK
The Institute

15 Dec 

Antwerb, BE
The Roma
Sold Out

16 Dec 

Hamburg, DE
Grosse Freheit

17 Dec  

Malmo, SE
KB
Sold Out

18 Dec – Oslo, NO
Chatea Neauf



19 Dec  - Gotenberg SE
Pustrervik
Sold out

20 Dec - Gotenberg SE
Pustrevik


and then in january we'll be in the UK playing the following shows:

2nd Jan 16 – London UK, Temporary Theatre @ the National Theatre 
with support from Alabaster Deplume! 


14th Jan 16 – Hebden Bridge UK- The Trades Club


15th Jan 16 – York, UK – The Crescent


16 Jan 16 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections @ Drygate

23rd Jan 16 – Glasgow, UK – Roaming roots Revue @ Celtic Connections
26 Jan 16 – Chester, Uk – Telfords Warehouse
27 Jan 16 – Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms


28 Jan 16 – Norwich UK – Octagon Chapel

29 Jan 16 – Guilford, UK – The Boiler Room

Thursday, November 12, 2015

NOVEMBER 2015

UK DATES THIS MONTH

24th the hauntbrighton (with cristolbal and the sea)
25th the scalalondon (with cristolbal and the sea)
26th leafliverpool (with cristolbal and the sea)
27th the harleysold out sheffield (with cristolbal and the sea)
28th the lantern,sold outbristol (with cristolbal and the sea)
29th railway inn,evening show sold outwinchester (but new afternoon show been added! tickets here)

AND!

DECEMBER EUROPEAN DATES WITH JOSÉ GONZALES


8 Dec Stockholm SE
Circus
Sold Out

9 Dec Copenhagen, DK
Store Vega
Sold Out

10 Dec- Utrecht, NL
Trivoli Ronda

11 Dec - Bristol, UK
Motion

12 Dec  Dublin, IRE
Academy

14 Dec  Birmingham, UK
The Institute

15 Dec  Antwerb, BE
The Roma
Sold Out

16 Dec  Hamburg, DE
Grosse Freheit

17 Dec   Malmo, SE
KB
Sold Out

18 Dec – Oslo, NO
Chatea Neauf



19 Dec  - Gotenberg SE
Pustrervik
Sold out

20 Dec - Gotenberg SE
Pustrevik

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

here are our november UK tour dates that are fast on the approach

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

24th the haunt, brighton (with cristolbal and the sea)
25th the scala, london (with cristolbal and the sea)
26th leaf, liverpool (with cristolbal and the sea)
27th the harley, sold out sheffield (with cristolbal and the sea)
28th the lantern,sold outbristol (with cristolbal and the sea)
29th railway inn,sold outwinchester

and here's what we've been up to recently.....

had a splendid summer of festivals. finished off with End of the Road festival where a fine time was had by all. thanks to everyone who came and packed out the tipi stage!



played a show in tilburg, holland, where 50% of the band found their names in local hotspots:





it may be difficult to tell but this is a wee photomontage that vincent did of us in train cancellation hell at 6am. stranded somewhere in holland.
 and we nearly missed our flight to...



CORK! for SOUNDS FROM A SAFE HARBOUR festival


had the pleasure of playing a show at cork opera house with the brilliant 
Lisa Hannigan and Aaron Dessner


finally got to see Little Scream play. top draw.


and played a noisey show in a pub (horrific sound but lots of fun)


 got a new bag




and video...

Monday, August 10, 2015

SETTLE DOWN NOW SILVER JOHN


hello there!

i was lucky enough to pop in for tea with guy garvey recently. here's a wee link to a wee BBCiplayer program he made about it...



http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02ycs9g/music-box-with-guy-garvey-from-pj-harvey-to-this-is-the-kit

and hello 3D photo animated "silver john" image by our pal 


and hello new "silver john" video made by jesse and kate

and what is more, here are the shows we have on the horizon:
August Sun 30 August  - Greenbelt Festival
5 sept-Ireland 
Electric picnic (other voices stage)
September Fri 4 to Sun 6 - End of the Road festival
** *** ** * * * * * ** * *
Tue 24 -Brighton -The Haunt 
Wed 25 - London - Scala 
Thu 26 - Liverpool -Leaf on Bold Street 
Fri 27 - Sheffield -CHANGE OF VENUE! The Harley 
Sat 28 - Bristol - The Lantern 
Sun 29 - Winchester - The Railway Inn 

watch this space for updates and new infos

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

BASHED OUT ON VINYL HAS LANDED

HELLO there friends,
we are very excited to announce that Bashed Out is now available to buy on vinyl.
AND you can order it HERE



and HERE ARE THE GIGS WE HAVE ON THE HORIZON....
july fri 17 - latitide festival - tickets
july sund 19th - Mitchelstown Caves, Burncourt, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland -tickets
July Fri 24 -Dundrennan, Wickerman Festival
July Sat 25 - Sheffield, England -Tramlines Festival 

July Sun 26 - Slaidburn, England Cloudspotting Festival  tickets

August Fri 21 to Sun 23 August - Wales -Green Man Festival

August Sun 30 August  - Kettering -Greenbelt Festival - tickets
5 sept-Ireland 
Electric picnic-
September Fri 4 to Sun 6 - Dorset - End of the Road festival tickets 


November UK Shows  Tue 24 -Brighton -The Haunt - tickets
Wed 25 - London - Scala - tickets
Thu 26 - Liverpool -Leaf on Bold Street - tickets
Fri 27 - Sheffield -The Greystones - tickets
Sat 28 - Bristol - The Lantern - tickets
Sun 29 - Winchester - The Railway Inn - tickets




Thursday, May 21, 2015

HELLO

As you may have heard, our new album "Bashed Out" is now out and about!
 Here are some places to find it. 

Bandcamp (best place to order CDs or vinyl LPs)
iTunes
Amazon
Rise (Bristol)
the drift (totnes)
people records (guildford)
smugglers records (deal)

If you'd like just a sample, we're offering a free download of "Misunderstanding" at Noisetrade and Sam Weller's beautiful video for "Bashed Out" on YouTube.
To anyone ordering vinyl, those probably won't ship out until June but if you order on Bandcamp you will receive an instant download while you wait. Thank you for being patient!



here you can find some dates throughout Europe this summer and autumn...


Summer at UK Festivals   
June Sat 20 - Buryfields Festival - Chesham tickets

july fri 17 - latitide festival - tickets
July Fri 24 -Dundrennan, Wickerman Festival
July Sat 25 - Sheffield, England -Tramlines Festival 

July Sun 26 - Slaidburn, England Cloudspotting Festival  tickets

August Fri 21 to Sun 23 August - Wales -Green Man Festival

August Sun 30 August  - Kettering -Greenbelt Festival - tickets
5 sept-Ireland 
Electric picnic-
September Fri 4 to Sun 6 - Dorset - End of the Road festival tickets 


November UK Shows     
Tue 24 -Brighton -The Haunt - tickets
Wed 25 - London - Scala - tickets
Thu 26 - Liverpool -Leaf on Bold Street - tickets
Fri 27 - Sheffield -The Greystones - tickets
Sat 28 - Bristol - The Lantern - tickets
Sun 29 - Winchester - The Railway Inn - tickets


Thanks to the fan (whose name we can't find at the moment) who took this wonderful photo of me & Rozi at a recent concert. The shows have been joyous. We hope you'll join us at the gigs coming up & that we might tour some new parts of the world this year!

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