Thank
Fashion Tips
Friday 5th April, 7.30pm
Tickets are £8 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.

*This is a standing show*

The Rock Band Thank From Leeds’ concoction of anxious disco grooves, harsh noise freakouts and inscrutable sprechgesang bluster was borne out of their hometown’s notorious – and now sadly defunct – DIY collective CHUNK. The band’s debut full length ‘Thoughtless Cruelty’ was released via Box Records (Lower Slaughter, USA Nails) and Exploding In Sound (Pile, Editrix) in February 2022, and then swiftly reissued by Crackedankles (Evil Blizzard, Bad Guys) after the initial vinyl run sold out almost immediately.

Their new ‘Torture Cube / Dead Dog In A Ditch’ 7” sees Thank become the latest act to release music on Yard Act’s Zen F.C. label (Nuha Ruby Ra, Benefits), and the boys come through in ferocious form. Post-punk guitar fury is filtered through Nine Inch Nails’ industrial metal and Full of Hell’s blunt-force hardcore, plus a healthy dose of humour fed by the likes of donk pranksters Lobsta B and DJ Fingerblast.

“This was our first time in the studio since we gained Leeds avant-metal legend Steve Myles (Cattle, Groak) on drums. Like a lot of other bands, I guess this marks a return to honing tunes in a grotty rehearsal spot rather than writing remotely,” says vocalist/guitarist Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe. “I feel like it has the same pent up, fraught, fidgety energy of our first EP, combined with the more ambitious arrangements we started to experiment with on ‘Thoughtless Cruelty’.”

Aside from the 7” release, 2023 has been a busy year for Thank. They embarked on their third tour of mainland Europe in February, joined Yard Act for a sold out show at Manchester’s Albert Hall in April, and toured England in July, including a headline show at Leeds’ infamous Brudenell Social Club. In September they toured Ireland for the first time, including closing out Clonakilty International Guitar Festival at the world famous DeBarra’s Folk Club, following in the footsteps of Thurston Moore, Gilla Band and others.

‘Mischievous agit-rock philosophers.’
Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6 Music

‘Bringing noise rock kicking and screaming into the volatile 2020s.’
JR Moores, The Quietus

‘A kind of mad melding of Pissed Jeans and Lady Gaga.’
Dominic Haley, Loud and Quiet

‘This Leeds band pairs brawny arrangements with furious, bug-eyed vocals.’
Bandcamp Daily

Thank
Fashion Tips
Friday 5th April, 7.30pm
Tickets are £8 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.