BrB
Well after a hiatus for a few months we are back playing, seriously you do not know how tough it was to stop for a while. As mentioned Alison has been having some complications after a wisdom teeth operation, and I managed to fulfil a long time dream of going to Central America. Well I am back and whilst Al isn’t back to 100% yet we are playing shows and fingers crossed she will have made a full recovery soon!
We played two gigs in the last week – one at Sounds from the Other City where our night This City Is Ours co-curated a stage with our brethren from the Mind on Fire Collective. All the bands smashed it and was a really fun day, and for us to get back playing after such a long while was massive. Sharing a stage with Shigeto and Lapalux was amazing as well.
We then did a gig for the charity Habit for Humanity. A friend is travelling to Mozambique in November to help build housing / infrastructure, a great cause and something I think we should all really consider doing at some point in our lives. We played with Cyril Snear and Trojan Horse, with Borland and our mate Phil Kirkley DJing. I hope money was made and that everyone who came down to show their support had a good time – THANK YOU!
These two gigs were a bit of an experiment for us to see if we were actually able to play live - if you were there I think you will agree, Alison is the bomb, and the smile on her face after the gigs was something that I personally was super happy to see!
So now we are looking forward to a summer of fests and finishing off tunes. Dates announced so far are:
June 2nd – Beached Festival, Manchester (Blood Boy DJ set)
June 4th – Eurocultured Festival, Manchester
June 24th – The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (w./ *Shels)
June 30th – Beatherder Festival, Lancashire
July 21st – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield
We have music for like 15 tunes at the moment – so we are starting to focus on the songs that we think will definately make it on the album and we intend to slip a couple into the set for these gigs. Eurocultured is the next one for us and we are SO up for it. Hopefully see you there!
Muchos Love,
Kites x


