Exit Child / Kite Thief
Friday 17 May 2024
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
£8 in advance £10 on the door
Join the revolution of sound with Exit Child and Kite Thief: A double headliner that defies norms and ignites catharsis. Experience the electrifying rage and playful liberation, as these bands disrupt and empower through music that matters.
Kite Thief is a high-voltage expanse of catharsis; an ecstatic space of rage, and a playful moment in time to lose yourself, without fear. Emanating from Bristol, the five-piece blend their diverse influences with the spice of disrupting & confronting toxic social norms. Their melting pot of intoxicating melodies, pummelling rhythms, & unrelenting riffs forges a captivating vibration that you can’t help being absorbed by. Influenced by the likes of Spiritbox, Holding Absence and Vukovi, Kite Thief’s music invites the listener to face their darkness, whilst simultaneously empowering through acceptance, understanding, love and having as much fun as possible! Trailblazing through the UK scene, Kite Thief leaves a sweet but gritty taste in every city they call upon. Come in and take a bite, we know you’ll like it.
Fresh from blistering performances at 2000 Trees Festival and Wildfire Festival and sharing stages with the likes of RXPTRS, Of Virtue, and InMe, Kite Thief will release their debut EP ‘Ambiviolent’ on the 15th December. The band recently signed to Year Of The Rat Records and previous singles have picked up coverage with Metal Hammer (Nominated for Track of 2023), Kerrang Radio, Rock Sound, Distorted Sound Magazine, RTE2XM, Primordial Radio, BBC Bristol, BBC South West, Dreambound, Independent Music Insider, Amazing Radio, Total Rock, Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Amazon Music and more. The band tour the UK throughout 2024, including a run with Exit Child and will also perform at 2000 Trees Festival and Takedown Festival to promote the EP.
What sets Exit Child apart from other bands? nothing. We all just want to be heard, to be understood. we want to make music that matters.
Fresh-faced and full of the feels, exit child are seizing uk stages with their “grungy circus of angst and anarchy” (upset) – delivering jarring pulses, seething guitars and emotionally riotous vocals with “a barrage of bold, bare-chested bravado” (Kerrang!). Exhibiting an introspective dissection of compassionate anarchism, this bristol band stand with the disillusioned of their time – encapsulating both suffering and hope; the pain of disempowerment and the beauty of empowerment.
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