Nothing But Thieves have uploaded exclusive footage of their cover of Radiohead’s well known 1995 track ‘Just,’ a tune which, alone with ‘Creep,’ in many ways defined the band’s distinctive sound when they emerged in the 90s and which has mutated and developed in various ways since then. While the operatic style of Nothing But Thieves’ lead singer Conor Mason is unnervingly clear when delivering Thom York’s dark lyrics which are usually masked by a obscured and idiosyncratic singing style, this does certainly shed some light on where the band have got their inspiration from in their own career, especially on the instrumental side of things.

There are of course many differences between the work of the two bands and Nothing But Thieves’ cover of a classic Radiohead number does seem a little misplaced amongst some of their more emphatic, rock driven titles such as ‘Amsterdam,’ but the energy that the band deliver into their music and their instruments, while the outcomes are often vastly different, are the same. Whereas Thom York and the rest of Radiohead speaks for the deeply introverted corners of rock where quiet boys with floppy fringes come onstage to wreak havoc on their instruments, Nothing But Thieves have a slightly more outgoing, but similarly explosive demeanour.

The footage for this cover was taken from Nothing But Thieves’ Live at the Warehouse live stream where ‘In Oct, Nothing But Thieves performed 3 unique sets live, in-the-round, featuring songs from their new album Moral Panic, rare songs, covers, old favourites, and songs reimagined.’ This series of three sets is now available to buy for on-demand viewing here for £8 each of £17 for all three and purchase will allow fans to watch the shows as many times as they like between the 21st of December and the 4th of January.

The shows, which originally streamed all around the world to audiences in the Oceana and Asian continents, Europe and Africa, as well as North and South America, will offer fans an insight into the influences that have made the band who they are today, as well as an opportunity to see songs from their latest album ‘Moral Panic,’ performed live for the first time. With touring an impossibility for any UK bands this year, Nothing But Thieves faced the same problem that many other British bands faced this year, and album release in October but no way to tour to support it.

Fortunately, like many other British artists this year including Yungblud, Dua Lipa and Glass Animals, they managed to take the initiative required to offer their fans something of their live selves without being able to actually go on tour in physical reality. This meant that 2020 was the year of live streamed gigs for music fans in Britain and all around the world who had their appetite for their favourite artists live in concert at least partially satisfied by the many, many live streamed alternatives which were painstakingly developed and delivered by artists and their teams.

Nothing But Thieves are set to go on tour in October 2021, full UK dates are as follows:

2/10/2021 – Ulster Hall – Belfast
6/10 – Pavilions – Plymouth
7/10 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
8/10 – The O2 – London
10/10 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
11/10 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow
12/10 – Barrowland Ballroom – Glasgow
14/10 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
15/10 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester
16/10 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham