Words: Karl Johnson | Photo: Theo Zeal

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Brighton-based – via the seaside Yorkshire town of Bridlington – seven-piece KEG are back with a new single entitled ‘Kids’. Arriving alongside the announcement that their new EP ‘Girders’ is chalked for a September 2nd release on Alcopop! Records, ‘Kids’ is comedic rant about not always liking your children (but always loving them).

The band note, “I’ve always had a great relationship with my mum, but there were occasional times where I remember her saying ‘I love you loads, I just don’t like you very much at the moment’. What if your kids grew up the complete opposite of you? What if they like Michael Macintyre and will only eat health foods?”

KEG meld chaos and melody, doubling down on group groove and wrapped up in a seven-piece strut. Spiked guitars whip in and out of the bass lines, the vocal caught beautifully in an echo of trombone and percussion. Whether it’s your child’s taste in comedy or fad fast foods, kids can and will always have the potential to be annoying, just another chip off the old block or a 21st century mini-monster?

UK Tour Dates
May 5th | The Loft – Portsmouth, UK
May 6th | Sidney & Matilda – Sheffield, UK
May 7th | The Piper – St-Leonards-On-Sea, UK
May 8th | The Forum – Tunbridge Wells, UK
May 12th/13th | The Great Escape Festival – Brighton, UK
May 15th | Hare & Hands – Birmingham, UK
May 20th | The Crescent – York, UK
May 21st | Esquires – Bedford, UK
May 28th | Wide Awake Festival – London, UK
May 28th | Dot To Dot Festival – Bristol, UK
May 29th | Dot To Dot Festival – Nottingham, UK
May 30th | Future Yard – Birkenhead, UK
July 8th | Also Festival – Warwick, UK
July 22nd | Latitude Festival – Suffolk, UK
July 24th | Standon Calling Festival – Standon, UK
July 29th | Farmfest – Burton, UK
July 30th | Deer Shed Festival – Thirsk, UK
August 5th | Wilderness Festival – Oxfordshire, UK
August 12th | Sur Le Lac Festival – St Gallen, Switzerland
August 21st | Green Man Festival – Crickhowell, UK
September 1st | End Of The Road Festival – Salisbury, UK
September 3rd | Manchester Psych Festival – Manchester, UK
September 16th | Roisin Dubh – Galway, Ireland
September 17th | Whelan’s – Dublin, Ireland
September 18th | Ulster Sports Bar – Belfast, Ireland
November 3rd | Heartbreakers – Southampton, UK
November 4th | Strings Bar – Newport, UK
November 9th | The Bodega – Nottingham, UK
November 10th | Cluny 2 – Newcastle, UK
November 11th | Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK
November 12th | Sneaky Pete’s – Edinburgh, UK
November 13th | Broadcast – Glasgow, UK
November 15th | The Louisiana – Bristol, UK
November 16th | Komedia – Brighton, UK
November 17th | 100 Club – London, UK

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