{"product_id":"benefits-nails","title":"BENEFITS - Nails","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White Vinyl housed in a deluxe spined sleeve with spot varnish front cover print, digital download card and fold out poster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritically acclaimed Teesside agitators \u003cstrong\u003eBenefits\u003c\/strong\u003e return with the announcement of their much-anticipated debut album ‘\u003cem\u003eNAILS\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 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 \u003cstrong\u003eKingsley Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e’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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEvery 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\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprofile 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 \u0026amp; Quiet\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand The Guardian and more soon followed.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow, however, they are stepping things up a level, signing to esteemed indie imprint \u003cstrong\u003eInvada\u003c\/strong\u003e who will release their debut album ‘\u003cem\u003eNAILS\u003c\/em\u003e’ on April 21. “We could have released\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea 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 \u003cstrong\u003eGeoff Barrow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof \u003cstrong\u003ePortishead\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 ‘\u003cem\u003eFlag\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eEmpire\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eMeat Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e’ are all present and correct – but also pushes their sound into bold new territory, both sonically and emotionally.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake lead single ‘\u003cem\u003eWarhorse\u003c\/em\u003e’ for instance. A playful riposte to those whose limited musical horizons have seen them question the band’s ‘punk’ credentials, the band gathered a \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eseries 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Invada","offers":[{"title":"LP - White Vinyl","offer_id":42940000764065,"sku":"SDZ-03218","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Nails_-_Benefits_-_LP_White_Vinyl.jpg?v=1679046579","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/benefits-nails","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}