Name: Moonshine Freeze
Brand: This Is The Kit

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2017-07-07

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5146492

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This Is The Kit

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Rough Trade

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Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

This Is The Kit is a British folk-rock duo that was founded in 2003 by Kate Stables. The band consists of Kate Stables on vocals, guitar, and banjo; Jesse Vernon on violin, guitar, bass, and percussion; Neil Smith on guitar; Rozi Leyden on bass and vocals; and Jamie Whitby-Coles on drums and vocals.

With their unique blend of folk and rock influences, This Is The Kit has captivated audiences with their heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies. Led by the talented Kate Stables, the band's music is both introspective and uplifting, exploring themes of love, loss, and self-discovery.

Known for their mesmerizing live performances, This Is The Kit has gained a loyal following around the world. Their distinctive sound combines intricate instrumentation with Stables' hauntingly beautiful voice to create an immersive musical experience.

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Rough Trade Album of the Month: July 2017This Is The Kit - the musical project which holds exceptional Paris-via-Bristol songwriter Kate Stables close to its heart - have earned the adoration of peers including Guy Garvey, The National and Sharon van Etten. Their new album and Rough Trade debut, Moonshine Freeze, is undoubtedly their most compelling and accomplished to date. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, M Ward, Perfume Genius), it began in the immediate wake of its predecessor, Bashed Out, when days after coming off tour last November, Stables and her band (Rozi Plain, Jamie Whitby-Coles, Neil Smith and Jesse D Vernon) headed into the studio in Bristol. Aaron Dessner of The National also features on six of the album tracks. Though the album’s songs were already written before heading into the studio, Stables says she had no fierce vision for how they should sound, preferring to let them take shape with the input of her band and Parish. “I’m not yet someone who says ‘I want this album to sound like an 80’s French nightclub’,” she says. “All I can do is write the songs and then step back from them and see what themes or patterns there are, then bring those patterns out so it’s a coherent piece of work, sonically and in terms of feeling.” Sonically, Moonshine Freeze is a beguiling mixture of great musical sophistication and something more guileless — children’s games, songs, incantations and snatches of nursery rhymes. Stables’ voice too is a remarkable thing: in its angles there lies an exquisite strangeness reminiscent of Will Oldham, Magnolia Electric Co, Robert Wyatt, Karen Dalton.

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