Darknight
A wee bit of Thank, Sleaford Mods and Planet B collide with tonnes of attitude and venomous bile are the DNA of Benefits, I love it!! This will really resonate with you, the truth is in the pudding, just listen to 'Shit Britain'
Favorite track: Shit Britain.
tobias asplund
This fucking record will see some heavy rotation going forward. Everything about these songs is grade A brilliant, even the non violent parts.
Favorite track: Empire.
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Critically acclaimed Teesside agitators Benefits announce their much-anticipated debut album ‘NAILS’ on Invada Records.
Pre-order the album now, out 21st April!
In their four years of existence, much has changed for Benefits. Over lockdown they morphed from spirited guitar-led punks into overwhelmingly brutal harsh noise-wielders, whose furious, eviscerating music garnered them the kind of word of mouth following most artists can only dream of. Frontman Kingsley Hall’s spoken (and screamed) vocals acting as a righteous rebuke to the divisive, xenophobic, poisonous rhetoric coming from elsewhere, spread by those who stand to profit from the fallout, that had all but overwhelmed our public discourse.
Every time one of the band’s bracing polemics arrived it would spread rapidly across social media like an antidote to that disease and gather more to Benefits’ cause. High profile fans like Steve Albini, Sleaford Mods and Modeselektor were among those on board from the off. Effusive coverage from the likes of NME, The Quietus, Loud & Quiet and The Guardian and more soon followed.
Now, however, they are stepping things up a level, signing to esteemed indie imprint Invada who will release their debut album ‘NAILS’ on April 21. “We could have released a record at any point over the last couple of years but held back because I wanted to wait until the right people came along,” Hall says. The label’s co-founder Geoff Barrow of Portishead was one of the many who’d been drawn to the music as it made waves online, and when he came to see the group perform live in his native Bristol was immediately hooked. His faith in the band has been repaid and then some, producing a record that not only confirms the group’s brilliance, but also redefines what you thought was possible. It captures all of that validating rage that established them one of the most exciting acts in the country – skull crushing fan favourites ‘Flag’, ‘Empire’ and ‘Meat Teeth’ are all present and correct – but also pushes their sound into bold new territory, both sonically and emotionally.
Take lead single ‘Warhorse’ for instance. A playful riposte to those whose limited musical horizons have seen them question the band’s ‘punk’ credentials, the band gathered a series of crushing drum fills, and transformed them into a relentless, inherently danceable electro banger. “I love punk, I love cartoon punk, I think it’s brilliant,” Hall says. “Sometimes we get all that ‘you’re not shit, you’re not punk.’ Bullshit! Yes we are.” He also, however, knows that sometimes the best way to deliver his kind of message is to get people moving. “An iron fist in a velvet glove,” he says, hence the intensified focus on pure rhythm.
credits
released April 21, 2023
BENEFITS: KINGSLEY HALL, ROBBIE MAJOR, HUGH MAJOR
ADDITIONAL DRUMS: JONNY SNOWBALL, DALE FROST
PRODUCED BY: BENEFITS
ASSISTED BY: STEPHEN NORMAN, KATIE TAVINI, PAUL RITCHIE, JOE BELL
MASTERED BY: TOM WOODHEAD
GUERNICA REVISITED BY: WEFAIL
SLEEVE DESIGN BY: CHRIS REEDER
I can safely say I've never been this excited over a piece of plastic in my entire life! This is awesome! It's impossible to pick a favourite when every track is a banger. The lyrics are on point and delivered with an acerbic wit and passion that leaves me in no doubt that they're spoken from the heart. I need more of this in my life! Dylan Barry
An expansive intermingling of noise rock and art pop from Aussie rockers Agency; All sales from this record go directly to charity. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 22, 2020