Management - Mark Muggeridge, Evil Genius Media - mark@evilgeniusmedia.com
Bookings - UK/Europe/USA - Mark Muggeridge - mark@evilgeniusmedia.com
Bookings - Australia - Mark Burchett - mark@premierartists.com.au
Media - Australia - Juliet Caveman - cavemanpresents@bigpond.com
Contact the band - wearethekits@hotmail.com
Influences
The Saints, The Von Bondies, Gang of Four, Sons & Daughters, Spencer P Jones, The Cribs, The Strokes, Eagles of Death Metal, Kings of Leon, The Stooges, The Veils, Radio Birdman, The Hells, Two Lane Blacktop, The Kills, The Dirtbombs
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To buy CD or Vinyl of our records, please go to the below sites:
In the UK and Europe go to: [http://www.dirtywaterrecords.co.uk]
In the USA go to: [http://www.gethip.com]
If in Australia go to: [http://www.offthehip.com.au]
Primitive Tales Australian Release Dec 08 , Promo Tour – Australia – Jan/Feb 2009
After starting out in the city of Melbourne, Australia, The Kits have now relocated to London where their sound has come into its own. Drawing comparisons with The Saints, Gang of Four and The Sonics, The Kits' tales of crime, addiction and short-lived romances have resulted in a rapturous following and earned them recent supports with The Dirtbombs, Wolfmother, The Saints and The Nightmarchers, as well as rave reviews in magazines like Kerrang and Artrocker.
Harking back to the days when rock'n'roll was still considered a threat to the world's youth, The Kits are set to conquer the world with the release of their long-awaited debut album. A garage rock'n'roll band at heart, they've taken the stomp and grit of the '50s and '60s and given it the injection of eternal youth through relentless guitar hooks and snarling vocals.
Primitive Tales was recorded in sessions at various London studios selected for their on board equipment or room acoustics. The albums opening track ‘ Primitive Tales’ and Australian A Side single ‘Get Closer’ were recorded at Gizzard Studios (with Ed Deegan – The Cribs, Cornershop). UK Single ‘Don’t want to lose this fight’ and ‘She’s the number one’ were taped at Liam Watson’s famous analogue workshop Toe Rag Studios (White Stripes, The Kills).
Primitive Tales also revisits tracks from The Kits ‘This is your Lung’ EP. This gives audiences in the UK and Australia the opportunity to discover tracks they may have missed first time around.
Originally formed by brothers Jay and Kit Atkinson the band has seen various line up changes to fully develop the sound the brothers were looking for. Their move to London in late 2007 was designed to mould the sound of the band further in the crucible of the UK’s unforgiving club and festival circuit. This move called for the commitment of new members of the band and Primitive Tales delivers blow after blow of driving material which showcases for the first time now permanent members Marc Bonet from Spain and Michael Cleverly from New Zealand.
This album is for yesterday. This album is for today. A garage rock'n'roll band at heart, this album is an explosion of real rock'n'roll rave-ups with riffs spat out like Gang of Four. This album brings the rock'n'roll of yesteryear hurtling into today.
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REVIEWS - LIVE
10.06.08, 100 Club w/ The Nightmarchers (5 Stars)
London based Aussie garage-rockers The Kits set the tone in style, the snarled delivery of their ragged ramalama harking back to the days when rock 'n' roll was considered a threat to the morals of the world's youth. There's nothing in their sound that suggests they've recently listened to a record made this decade, and that simply adds to their charm.
-Emma Johnston, Kerrang
REVIEWS - RELEASES
After several years playing the Melbourne circuit, touring interstate, replacing members and garnering a small but loyal fan base, brothers Kit and Jay packed their bags for the neon glow of North East London. After recruiting a new guitarist and bass player, they played all the back rooms, cellars and dank holes that the UK's capital could throw at them. But the hard work has paid off, firstly with a record deal with hip London label Dirty Water Records, and now with the release of their debut album, Primitive Tales.
Make no mistake; The Kits are a rock'n'roll band. From the opening snare roll of the title track, Primitive Tales doesn't let up over the course of the 11 songs on offer. This is a robust collection of raucous barroom tunes, performed by a band confident with their delivery and clearly in love with what they're doing.
Partly recorded at the famed Toe Rag Studios (White Stripes' Elephant), theire is no studio trickery here. Instead you get the warm sounds of a live band being captured in their finest analogue glory. This is the way that great rock'n'roll albums should sound. Stylistically, the album covers everything from the early punk roots of The Saints, to The Stooges-esque rock riffs, and even to the swagger and swing of The Velvet Underground, all delivered within a tight, economic package that could easily soundtrack any alcohol drenched good time.
So while The Strokes decide what they're going to do next, and the Kings of Leon disappear into U2's stadium shoes, check out The Kits debut album to hear an honest rock'n'roll record. Because this is the sound of the Cherry Bar heyday, this is what you want to hear at Pony at 3am, and this is certainly the band you want flying the Australian garage rock flag for you in the UK.
-Symon JJ Rock, Inpress Magazine
When it comes to garage rock n roll, you can count on Dirty Water Club supremo PJ Crittenden to separate the wheat from the chaff.
With an ear for a proper gritty nugget, PJ has recently added Aussie rockers The Kits to his Dirty Water label.
'Don't Want to Lose This Fight' will be released on June 16th and it's a cracker of a 7inch.
It's the real deal people. Not shiny or big budget, the two tracks on the single smack of authenticity, reminding of The Saints and The Chob.
With a reputation for raucous live performances, it's no surprise that the band are drawing Black Lips comparisons too.
Luckily, you won't have to travel to the other side of the world to see them, as they're now based in London. Check out their myspace site for details of upcoming gigs www.myspace.com/thekits
-Dave Taylor, Artrocker
THE KITS
Get Closer
The Kits like Television, how about you? The Kits like The Kinks, yes they do. Ex-pat Melbourne band makes good in the hostile sprawl of great grey London, getting signed to Dirty Water Records where garage rock is welcomed and revered. Then comes their album and this solid slap of a debut single, which pays excellent homage to their garage rocking forefathers. Good and grimy.
-Simone, Beat Magazine
.. ‘The Kits are one of Melbourne’s finest, and This Is Your Lung sees them living up to those wraps... At once raucous yet sublimely cultured in the band's grasp of song construction, and with a comprehension of rock that adds up to year’s worth of faded denim, beer stains and pained kidneys, This Is Your Lung manages to perfectly encapsulate the sound of Melbourne. It’s a soundtrack to walking through back alleyways, throwing down booze in a tiny bar, picking up some random and leaving her exhausted, satisfied and in love the next morning. A Dangerous Life contains reams of The Von Bondies duking it out with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club about which Robert Cray album was best, but with a certain drunken blues swagger that, whilst it feels like Melbourne, is totally universal for ‘don’t f*k with me’. That’s totally right. You f*k…’ -JAYMZ CLEMENTS, Beat Magazine
'The Kits are a ’60s-styled garage rock band from Australia. If that amuses you, remember that the hallowed garage revivalists Hoodoo Gurus hail from the same continent, not to mention actual ’60s rock gods The Easybeats, who growled “Friday on My Mind.”
What The Kits have on their mind, as documented on their savage five-song EP This is Your Lung , is a blues-rooted punk-drived rave-up which mixes and matches wails and thumps from multiple rock and indie genres—Stones, Clash and Australia’s own The Saints. It’s respectful of its elders, it’s fresh, it’s a panic.
The solo on “City to City,” a call-and-repeat blast which recalls early New Wavers like The Nerves or The Nervous Eaters, has one of those perfect guitar solos that is dirty and distorted yet trim, almost tasteful, so cannily constructed it cuts right through you.
We’re not the only country with garages. Consider this your car’s sonic emergency Kits.' -March 15, 2007
By Christopher Arnott, New Haven Advocate (Connecticut, USA)
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Alright chaps, Am looking forward to seeing you in Gijon. Should be an ace night. I'm down in London on the 17th for a boozy night with my bro before I jet out to Spain. Would be cool to hook up. Nathan
Alright boys, fancy joining us for our final London show?
We’re playing our final London show on Saturday 20th at Hope and Anchor in Islington. It will be a very messy affair, we promise. Print off the flyer on our page for cheaper entry on the door.
Lads was a pleasure giggin with ya's in the ceili. Your new songs were awsum! Best of luck lads and hopefully have ya's back in lurgan in the future =)
Hope ya doing well:) We're heading down your way at 6am on tomorrow morning. Gotta love the $55 red eye flights:)
Would be great to see u at one of our vic shows! 30 Apr Torquay Hotel, Torquay - 8pm 1 May Inferno Nightclub, Traralgon - 8pm 7 May Colonial Hotel, Melbourne - 8pm - FREE ENTRY 8 May The Espy, Melbourne - 8pm
G'day Folks ! It's gonna be fun to have you on tour in November .. I gonna try to be around the 6th may if i can stay @ Tan's place until the 9th .. I,m going back to Brisbane the 6th of june for few months , but don,t worry all is gonna be fine for that tour of yours mates ! I will be in touch real soon ..
