Benefits Announce Debut Album 'Nails' With New Song Warhorse
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Michael Sreenan
Benefits have announced their debut album.
Led by vocalist Kinsley Hall, the Teeside band will release 'Nails' on April 21 via Bristol's Invada Records, the label headed by Portishead and Beak>'s Geoff Barrow. Hall said:
"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."
Alongside the news, the band have shared the furious single Warhorse, a punky call and response rallying cry with an edge of electronic chaos. Hall added:
"At some point if the boot continues to stamp on us, we’re going to react. Things bug me. They start as little irks and become fiercer. It can take days, sometimes minutes. The phrase “cost of living” being blurted out by an MP when confronted with the poverty of their constituents. Simpering and grovelling to decrepit hierarchical systems. Pageantry and pomp in a time of austerity and cuts.
"Warhorse is a battle. It’s about being tired of being told there’s no options left – being told to bow and courtesy and to shut your face. Warhorse is about the need to push that boot back from our faces, raise our heads, stand up and fight."
The track follows their October single, Thump, and comes with an Andy Berriman-directed video. Press play below.
Benefits also have a headline UK and European tour scheduled for the spring, ahead of their appearance at Bearded Theory. Tickets are on sale now.
'Nails' tracklist:
1. Marlboro Hundreds
2. Empire
3. Warhorse
4. Shit Britain
5. What More Do You Want
6. Meat Teeth
7. Mindset
8. Flag
9. Traitors
10. Council Rust
Benefits Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri April 21 2023 - GLASGOW Rum Shack
Sat April 22 2023 - LEEDS Lending Room
Sun April 23 2023 - MANCHESTER SOUP
Mon April 24 2023 - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Wed April 26 2023 - BRIGHTON Brighton Chalk
Thu April 27 2023 - LONDON 100 Club
Fri April 28 2023 - HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
Sat April 29 2023 - BIRMINGHAM Hare and Hounds
Sun April 30 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Cluny
Thu May 04 2023 - BELFAST Deers Head
Fri May 05 2023 - LIMERICK Kasbah Social Club
Sat May 06 2023 - DUBLIN Workmans Club
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