this is the kit

Listen to Rozi Plain’s new single ‘Actually’ which will feature on her forthcoming album ‘Friend’. She’s on the road with This is the Kit during March, a tour you should definitely try and catch.

This is the Kit announces new album ‘Bashed Out’ (April 6). Produced by Aaron Dessner. We get our first taste with the lead track, also our Song of the Day. This is now top of our list for the most anticipated album of 2015.

Almost a year ago to the day we featured a guest mix from Salad Sound System . The good news is we have another…featuring Ivor Cutler, Michael Chapman, John Martyn, 5 Hand Reel, The Memory Band, Edward II and lots more.

This is the Kit recently performed the New Aldelphi Club, Hull’s most famous underground music club’s. Watch this great video feature.

The latest Folk Radio UK TV features some regulars with new FRUK arrivals Promise & the Monster and Kinrisu. Plus great sets from Akron/Family & The Family Elan

An alt-folk mix that seemed to fit the quiet frozen mornings very well. It’s all very relaxed featuring some of the most wonderful and ethereal voices including Rachel Dadd, Rachel Sermanni, Nick Drake, This is The Kit, Tess and more!

With one foot in Bristol and the other in Japan, UK folk artist Rachael Dadd isn’t one to settle in any place for too long, and her latest release Bite the Mountain certainly reflects this love of people and travel. Released on Broken Sound Records this third LP from the songstress comprises a rich tapestry of songs composed in various locations across Japan. “Making my album in Japan was important”, …

Kate Stables is the staple of folk project This is the Kit, who, alongside long-time collaborator Jesse D. Vernon, perform ordinarily as a two-piece splitting their time between Bristol and Paris. Initially noticed in 2006 thanks to a Folk Off compilation featuring other nu-weird-folksters Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan, This is the Kit were hailed as a refreshing British folk act; with BBC Radio’s Huw Stephens referring to Kate as …