Thank + Kal Marks Brighton

Thank + Kal Marks Brighton

Thank + Kal Marks play Bristol at Rough Trade on Thursday 20th March 2025. Get tickets from 10am 29th November above with only a 50p booking fee or from Seetickets.

“Bringing noise rock kicking and screaming into the volatile 2020s.” JR Moores, The Quietus

“A kind of mad melding of Pissed Jeans and Lady Gaga.” Dominic Haley, Loud and Quiet

The Rock Band Thank From Leeds’ concoction of anxious disco grooves, harsh noise freakouts and inscrutable sprechgesang bluster was borne out of their hometown’s notorious – and now sadly defunct – DIY collective CHUNK .

Thank closed out 2023 with a December residency in Scarborough. Holed up in Beckview Studios and its attic flat, the band were accompanied by longtime producer Rob Slater (Blacklisters & Mush), and they effectively lived and breathed the album for 24 hours a day during the recording. “Three of us studied in Scarborough, and during that time we played in a few different embryonic versions of Thank,” explains Vinehill-Cliffe. “We had barely visited for ten years, and in the meantime our old campus has shut down, our former practice space has been demolished to make way for luxury flats, and almost everyone we knew has moved away. So we were in this ostensibly familiar place where basically every trace of our existence was gone, it was a weird headspace to be in.”

“Thematically all the old classics are in there – sex, death, and Twitter brainrot. I don’t think I’m necessarily trying to say anything I haven’t tried to say before, I’ve just gotten better at saying it. I still hate landlords, I still hate right wing grifters, I still hate people who hide their cruelty behind progressive language. I do hate myself quite a bit less, so there’s some hope and positivity in there too, as a treat.”

In 2024 Thank signed to independent record label Big Scary Monsters , armed with a new album on the horizon and a smattering of upcoming shows in the UK and Europe to boot. ‘I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed’ is a brash, satirical and downright stomping full length that combines the raw ferocity of the band’s early work with the ambitious arrangements and electronic experimentation of their more recent output. The end result combines hardware techno squelch, jungle-inspired drumming, synth pop bombast and anarcho-punk spartan aggression, acid-fried and internet-poisoned with a shit-eating grin on its face, landing somewhere akin to The Cure’s ‘The Head On The Door’ if it was remixed by ‘Jenny Death’ – era Death Grips. https://thankleeds.bandcamp.com

Plus: Kal Marks: Kal Marks have never made a record as personal as Wasteland Baby. Though Carl Shane, the band’s vocalist-guitarist, has made a career off of exploring blunt, uncomfortable truths through song, with Wasteland Baby, he steered Kal Marks toward something utterly new. Shane looked inward to stare down a fear that had long plagued him: What would it look like to have a child in a world that looks like this? “The album was driven by the fears I’m having about being a father,” says Shane. “The initial spark was this fear, and I thought that maybe if I could express it, I could overcome it.” https://kalmarks.bandcamp.com

Upcoming Love Thy Neighbour shows:
28112024 – Martin Carthy. Lewes Constitutional Club
30112024 – Porridge Radio. Chalk
02122024 – Victory Lap. The Hope & Ruin
05122024 – Blood Wizard. Green Door Store
05122024 – Die Twice. The Hope & Ruin
07122024 – John Otway & his band. Lewes Constitutional Club
08122024 – Stick in the Wheel. Lewes Constitutional Club
11122024 – Hollow Hand. The Hope & Ruin
12122024 – Hard Skin. The Prince Albert
12122024 – Predeceased. The Hope & Ruin (bar)
12122024 – Francis Pig. Daltons
13122024 – Dub Pistols. Concorde 2
15122024 – Yenkee. Folklore Rooms
15012025 – John Craigie. Komedia
15012025 – Langkamer. The Prince Albert
21012025 – The Bel Air Lip Bombs. The Prince Albert
22012025 – Jim Moray. Komedia Studio
23012025 – Belako. The Hope & Ruin
02022025 – The John Martyn Project. The Old Market
14022025 – Jake Xerxes Fussell. St Luke’s Church
15022025 – Messthetics. Lewes Constitutional Club
20022025 – BABii. Green Door Store
21022025 – Rats on Rafts. The Prince Albert
21022025 – MAQUINA. The Hope & Ruin
22022025 – She Drew The Gun. Revenge
01032025 – Personal Trainer. Chalk.
09032025 – Sean Rowe. Lewes Constitutional Club
10032025 – Carter Sampson. Prince Albert
12032025 – Helen Ganya. Alphabet
12032025 – Pom Poko. Chalk
21032025 – Pure Adult + Cassels. Daltons
22032025 – Thank + Kal Marks. The Hope & Ruin
29032025 –The Tubs. The Hope & Ruin
03042025 – Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Chalk
05042025 – Jools. The Hope & Ruin
08042025 – Divorce. Chalk
09042025 – Ronker. The Hope & Ruin
20042025 – Chat Pile. Chalk
30042025 – Michael Cera Palin. Patterns
02052025 – Henge. Concorde 2
06052025 – Soccer Mommy. Chalk
13052025 – Snapped Ankles. The Old Market
16052025 – The Bevis Frond. Lewes Constitutional Club
29052025 – Throwing Muses. Chalk
30052025 – MJ Lenderman. Chalk
01062025 – Shonen Knife. Concorde 2

Accessibility: The venue is only accessible via a flight of stairs however they can offer access via a back door at street level to the venue if mobility is an issue or you use a wheelchair. There are 3 large steps via this route so assistance to gain access and to exit the venue would be required. We can arrange this if you contact us in advance of a show. Please bear in mind that they can only allow access in between bands due to sound issues. Two disabled toilets upstairs, both gender neutral. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If strobe lighting is an issue or if standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance. They can provide chairs in the venue although if the event is very busy this will impede visibility. If you wish to make use of a chair to view a gig, we advise arriving early to secure a position. They are happy to accommodate assistance dogs.

Thank + Kal Marks Brighton

Thank + Kal Marks Brighton