{"id":20162,"date":"2014-01-22T17:09:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T01:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20162"},"modified":"2014-01-22T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T01:09:29","slug":"watch-this-is-the-kit-perform-new-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/watch-this-is-the-kit-perform-new-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch This Is The Kit Perform New Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was just about one year ago that we volunteered a mesmerizing video of<\/a> This Is The Kit<\/strong><\/a> in which the band performed at the Music Now Festival<\/strong> in Cincinnati.\u00a0 At the time, rumors were circulating that the band would finish up a new album by the end of 2013 produced by none other than Aaron Dessner<\/strong> (The National<\/strong>).\u00a0 Both\u00a0The National<\/strong> and Dessner<\/strong>-produced Sharon Van Etten<\/strong> had touted This Is The Kit<\/strong> so the rumors of Dessner<\/strong> and the album all made sense.\u00a0 While the album has yet to be released, This Is The Kit<\/strong> was hand-picked by The National<\/strong> as openers on its European tour, and rumors continue to rumble that This Is The Kit<\/strong> will soon complete the new album.<\/p>\n

In support of those rumors, we’ve stumbled upon (courtesy of\u00a0 The Line of Best Fit<\/strong><\/a>) two new songs (presumably from the new album) performed solo by bandleader Kate Stables.\u00a0 <\/strong>Watch below as Stables<\/strong> performs unreleased songs Spores<\/strong><\/em> (on banjo) and All Written Out In Numbers<\/strong><\/em> (on guitar). What is it that leaves us so paralytically transfixed by these songs? Is it the spare arrangement, the haunting melodies, Stables’<\/strong> crystalline voice, the gravity of the lyrics, or all of the above?\u00a0 Regardless, This Is The Kit<\/strong> has been mired in obscurity for far too long.\u00a0 Watch and listen below.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, watch a video from one year ago in which Aaron Dessner<\/strong> hints at the possibilities of their collaboration with his gritty-guitar coloratura added (at the 3:23 mark and after) to the band’s performance of Two Wooden Spoons<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Transfixed.\u00a0 Again.<\/p>\n

We can’t wait for the new album and hopefully a tour of North America.\u00a0 <\/strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n