Moonshine Freeze

Description

This Is The Kit is the musical project of Kate Stables (vocals, banjo, guitar, bass, violin, percussion) originally from Bristol, but a Parisian for about ten years, accompanied by her usual collaborator Jesse D. Vernon. The band released their first album, Krulle Bol, on the French label Microbe in 2008, produced by John Parish, who is also at the helm of this new album. A second album followed in 2011 with the collaboration of several artists including François & The Atlas Mountain and Jim Barr, bassist of Portishead. Finally, Bashed Out, released in 2015 and produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, helped them establish a certain notoriety, with the album being considered one of the best English albums of that year. For this new opus, Kate Stables and her band (Rozi Plain, Jamie Whitby-Coles, Neil Smith, and Jesse D Vernon) returned to the studio in Bristol, accompanied by John Parish. Notably, Aaron Dessner also plays guitar on six tracks of Moonshine Freeze. This classy fourth album (their first on the Rough Trade label) opens with the sublime Bullet Proof, which, from the very first notes, takes the listener on a fantastic sonic journey tinged with warm and comforting folk. The strength of This Is The Kit remains, as usual, the voice of Kate Stables, close to her music, pure and deep.