They are so ridiculously talented – and every member is a great producer in their own right – so it was just a matter of trying to capture the magic they make when playing live together,” Rhys says of the recording process. “Their playing is by default so thoughtful and complimentary in terms of respect to each other’s parts and to the integrity of the songs themselves that it creates a beautiful foundation of often cosmic interplay that’s always in aid of Kate’s voice and vision as a songwriter.” The band's second album, Wriggle Out the Restless, was originally released by Dreamboat Records in 2010 and later reissued by the band's own Disco-ordination Records. In 2013 distribution began migrating to Brassland Records. [12] The recording sessions drew on the talents of the Stables' extended musical community including Rozi Plain, Jim Barr, Francois & the Atlas Mountains and The Liftmen. The album was produced by longtime collaborator and partner Jesse D. Vernon. [13] I’ve always loved the idea of working with him somehow, and when this album started getting planned, I realized that maybe this was my chance to reach out and see if he was up for working together,” Stables said. “And he was! As if that wasn’t enough, he was also up for doing a bit of singing on the record, which totally blew my mind and made my year. His way with harmony and melody and the tone and quality of his voice is a totally killer combo.” This Is the Kit – an enthralling show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London". Financial Times. 26 January 2018.

It'd be a pointless compartmentalising exercise to still call This Is The Kit a "folk" band". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 26 February 2020. Garvey, Guy. "From PJ Harvey to This Is The Kit". Guy Garvey's Music Box. BBC . Retrieved 7 August 2015. What makes things happen? How much choice do we have? Electricity and chemistry that is out of our control? Chewing. Choosing. Internal forces or external ones? Do we just behave the way people expect us to behave?Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. But even with a fresh slate of ideas—including, at times, some half-baked ones—spilling from their words, banjo and bass, This Is The Kit have found a way to stay true to their style in a way that doesn’t feel forced or boring. Not every upstart from the 2010s freak-folk era can say the same. Stables makes repetition work for her in more ways than one, and her outside-the-box brand of folk music still sounds like nothing else you’ve ever heard. Guiding the ship through changing seas is producer Rhys. Stables described his role as being a “tonesetter,” watchful and attentive to the band dynamics while making sure to always follow a hunch for where a new sound could find its place in the recording. “I’ve always loved the idea of working with him somehow, and when this album started getting planned, I realized that maybe this was my chance to reach out and see if he was up for working together,” Stables explains. “And he was! As if that wasn’t enough, he was also up for doing a bit of singing on the record, which totally blew my mind and made my year. His way with harmony and melody and the tone and quality of his voice is a totally killer combo.” The strongest effort to date from This Is The Kit, Off Off On is hope for a better future". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 23 October 2020.

Line Up - Sharon Van Etten + This Is The Kit + Night Beds". All Tomorrow's Parties . Retrieved 26 February 2020. The album’s propulsive yet introspective lead single “Inside Outside” finds Stables as magnetic as ever, joined once again by her stalwart band of Rozi Plain(bass/vocals), Neil Smith (guitar), and Jamie Whitby-Coles (drums), and accented by a cascading horn quartet arrangement by Jesse Vernon. The album was nearly called Goodbye Bite. And in a way it still is,” says Stables. “I went for Careful of Your Keepers in the end. It’s one of my favourite songs on the album, a song that for me holds the general feeling of the album as a whole. The fragility of things. Of situations. Of relationships. Of humans. What we do to look after each other and ourselves. The passing of time and what that does to us, and how we live our lives going forward.” Guiding the ship through changing seas is producer Rhys. Stables described his role as being a “tonesetter,” watchful and attentive to the band dynamics while making sure to always follow a hunch for where a new sound could find its place in the recording. “I’ve always loved the idea of working with him somehow, and when this album started getting planned, I realized that maybe this was my chance to reach out and see if he was up for working together,” Stables explains. “And he was! As if that wasn’t enough, he was also up for doing a bit of singing on the record, which totally blew my mind and made my year. His way with harmony and melody and the tone and quality of his voice is a totally killer combo.”This Is The Kit, the group led by Paris-based bandleader Kate Stables, today announced the band’s new album Careful of Your Keepers –produced by Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals)–will be released on June 9th, 2023, via Rough Trade Records. The album’s propulsive yet introspective lead single “Inside Outside” finds Stables as magnetic as ever, joined once again by her stalwart band of Rozi Plain(bass/vocals), Neil Smith (guitar), and Jamie Whitby-Coles (drums), and accented by a cascading horn quartet arrangement by Jesse Vernon. Marwood, Ben. "Folk-Off Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012 . Retrieved 20 December 2012. Smith, Simon (16 November 2015). "This Is The Kit - "Bashed Out" Review". Higher Plain Music . Retrieved 26 February 2020. Since 2010, the band has recorded a Blogothèque Take-Away Show [20] video session and been played regularly on BBC Radio 6 Music. [21] The band has toured regularly in support of acts including The National, [22] Sharon Van Etten, [23] Iron & Wine [24] and Herman Dune. [25] Discography [ edit ] Studio albums [ edit ] The band received a boost in attention in August 2015 when BBC iPlayer debuted an episode of the documentary series Music Box devoted to This Is The Kit's music and influences. [5] The show was hosted by Garvey, who argued that their second album, Wriggle Out the Restless, deserved a Mercury Prize nomination. [6]

Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) - Interview at Alexandra Park, Bath, UK - RMT Music Productions #3". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 23 October 2020. White, Caitlin (3 February 2015). "This Is The Kit – Bashed Out (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum.com . Retrieved 7 August 2015. So goes the assertion of whoever wrote the press release for This Is The Kit’s latest album, yet to many listeners’ ears, what they hear may be more of the same. No amount of horns or yet another producer coming on board can alter this fact. The irony in all this is that Careful Of Your Keepers is centred around the idea of change. Critique du concert de Herman Dune + This is The Kit le 19 février 2013, Le Divan du Monde, Paris, par Julyzz". ConcertAndCo (in French) . Retrieved 26 February 2020. I’ve always loved the idea of working with him somehow, and when this album started getting planned, I realized that maybe this was my chance to reach out and see if he was up for working together,” Kate Stables explained. “And he was! As if that wasn’t enough, he was also up for doing a bit of singing on the record, which totally blew my mind and made my year. His way with harmony and melody and the tone and quality of his voice is a totally killer combo.”This Is The Kit's first album, Krülle Bol (2008), [10] was produced in Bristol by John Parish, a musician best known as PJ Harvey's longtime producer. It was originally released on the French label Microbe but has since been reissued on the band's own imprint. [11] This Is the Kit is the alias of British musician Kate Stables, as well as the band she fronts. [1] Critical attention [ edit ] Careful Of Your Keepers' is daring and soft, cutting and warm – a wild feat of complexity and combined dispositions.