English band This Is the Kit have today released their latest album, Careful of Your Keepers, via Rough Trade Records.

The alternative rock outfit, dreamed of and fronted by Kate Stables, who also uses the name This Is the Kit as a musical alias, recorded the album back in December and are now ready to share with the world this LP, their sixth studio album to date.

The record, produced by Welsh musician and producer Gruff Rhys, is laden throughout with the subtle musical intricacy the group have become associated with through previous releases. The single that shares its name with the album perfectly epitomises such subtlety, with the bass floating to the top and the hints of piano lurking behind luscious guitar licks that all blend wonderfully with Stables’ effortlessly invigorating vocal delivery.

Listen to “Careful Of Your Keepers” below:

This Is the Kit was formed by brainchild Kate Stables in 2003, and released their debut album, Krülle Bol, eight years later in 2008. This, along with their second album, Wriggle Out the Restless (2010), failed to attract a significant amount of attention. It wasn’t until the release of their third album, Bashed Out, did the group start receiving praise for their musical output, with this LP widely considered as their breakthrough record.

Listen to “Krülle Bol”, from the group’s debut album, below:

Watch the music video for “Bashed Out“, from the group’s third album of the same name, below:

With the release of the folk rock group’s fourth album came a change in record labels; Moonshine Freeze was released via Rough Trade Records, the label their still with to this day, in 2017 to widespread critical acclaim. This was followed by Off Off On in 2020, marking the group’s fifth collective release.

Careful of Your Keepers will therefore be the group’s sixth studio album, and lead vocalist, guitarist and banjoist Stables seems in no mood to be slowing down any time soon. The rest of the band consists of Rozi Plain on bass and vocals, Neil Smith on guitar, and Jamie Whitby-Coles on drums.

You can get your copy of Careful of Your Keepers here.

See below for This Is the Kit tour dates:

10/06/2023 – Rough Trade East – London
12/06 – Pryzm – Kingston Upon Thames
16/06 – Black Deer Festival – Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells
18/08 – Rough Trade – Bristol
16/07 – Folk By The Oak 2023 – Hatfield House, Hatfield
27/07 – Warwick Folk Festival 2023 – Castle Park, Warwick
28/07 – Deer Shed Festival 2023 – Baldersby Park, Thirsk

Purchase tickets for the live shows here.