This Is The Kit: 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015

DECEMBER NEWS

greetings and happy holiday times everyone!

We are releasing a new EP called "rusty and got dusty":

iTunes: http://geni.us/rustydustyitunes

Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/2RWVR8nwlvpwXYGQ38pE7T

Amazon: http://geni.us/rustydustyamzn

Bandamp: https://thisisthekit.bandcamp.com/album/rusty-and-got-dusty-ep

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

Tickets

11 Dec - Bristol, UK

Motion

Tickets

12 Dec

Dublin, IRE

Academy

Tickets

14 Dec

Birmingham, UK

The Institute

Tickets

15 Dec

Antwerb, BE

The Roma

Sold Out

16 Dec

Hamburg, DE

Grosse Freheit

Tickets

17 Dec

Malmo, SE

KB

Sold Out

18 Dec – Oslo, NO

Chatea Neauf

Tickets

19 Dec - Gotenberg SE

Pustrervik

Sold out

20 Dec - Gotenberg SE

Pustrevik

Tickets

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!

TICKETS

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

TICKETS

15th Jan 16 – York, UK – The Crescent

TICKETS

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

TICKETS

23rd Jan 16 – Glasgow, UK – Roaming roots Revue @ Celtic Connections

TICKETS

26 Jan 16 – Chester, Uk – Telfords Warehouse

TICKETS

27 Jan 16 – Cambridge, UK – Portland Arms

28 Jan 16 – Norwich UK – Octagon Chapel

TICKETS

29 Jan 16 – Guilford, UK – The Boiler Room

TICKETS

Thursday, November 12, 2015

NOVEMBER 2015

UK DATES THIS MONTH

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,evening show sold outwinchester (but new afternoon show been added! tickets here)

30th ramsgate music hall, ramsgate

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

Tickets

11 Dec - Bristol, UK

Motion

Tickets

12 Dec Dublin, IRE

Academy

Tickets

14 Dec Birmingham, UK

The Institute

Tickets

15 Dec Antwerb, BE

The Roma

Sold Out

16 Dec Hamburg, DE

Grosse Freheit

Tickets

17 Dec Malmo, SE

KB

Sold Out

18 Dec – Oslo, NO

Chatea Neauf

Tickets

19 Dec - Gotenberg SE

Pustrervik

Sold out

20 Dec - Gotenberg SE

Pustrevik

Tickets

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

30th ramsgate music hall, ramsgate

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

Jo Hayes

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

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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

> Spotify

> Rise (Bristol)

> off the beaten tracks (louth)

> the drift (totnes)
> people records (guildford)

> smugglers records (deal)

> Rough Trade

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

November UK Shows

Tue 24 -Brighton -The Haunt - 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!