Kingsley Hall: Last News

Benefits have spoken to NME about the making of new album ‘Constant Noise’, the battle for principles in music, and making gigs more accessible and affordable.With the Teesside noise-punks’ abrasive but acclaimed 2023 debut album ‘Nails’ hailed by NME for its “raw and primal urgency” – a record that “had to be made and heard now, like government-approved sewage being pumped into a river” – their new record sees the band take a left turn to better reflect the political climate.“What we were doing on the first album was retaliating like-for-like with what I was seeing from more right-wing-centric personalities,” frontman Kingsley Hall told NME. “Their messaging seemed to be quite violent, confrontational and obvious.

Benefits have shared a brand-new single called ‘Blame’ – you can listen to it below.The track serves as the latest preview of the Teesside punk duo’s second studio album ‘Constant Noise’, which is due for release tomorrow (March 21) via Invada (pre-order/pre-save here), and serves as the follow-up to 2023’s ‘NAILS’.With collaboration from James Welsh, the song sees the band expand on their new electronic, dance-driven influences as they lament the “distorted realities” people find themselves in due to media discourse.Speaking about the track, vocalist Kingsley Hall explains: “Robbie sent me an mp3 one Friday night and it was incredible. The demo was chopped, lyrics clad on and was pretty much complete by midnight.

Benefits have shared a new punk-inspired single called ‘Divide’ – you can listen to it below.The track serves as the latest preview of Teesside punk duo’s second studio album ‘Constant Noise’, which is due for release on March 21 via Invada (pre-order/pre-save here).Featuring guest vocals from Middlesbrough rapper Shakk, the song sees the band combine the heavier sensibilities of their earlier material with their new electronically-driven music. ‘Divide’ also boasts “hyperactive club rhythms and Berghain-heavy basslines”, per a press release.Lyrically, Benefits delve into the divisive state of the UK and the world at large.“Divide is a punk song about society at war with itself over every conceivable issue,” explained frontman Kingsley Hall.

Benefits have shared ‘Missiles’, a powerful new anti-war single. Check it out below.The track is taken from the Teesside duo’s upcoming second album ‘Constant Noise’, which will arrive on March 21 via Invada Records and serves as the follow-up to 2023’s ‘NAILS’.So far, they’ve shared lead single ‘Land Of The Tyrants’, as well as ‘Relentless’, which features Pete Doherty of The Libertines.Now, on Christmas Eve, they’ve shared their ominous, “wildly angry” and “anti-war” single ‘Missiles’.

Benefits have enlisted Pete Doherty for their new single ‘Relentless’ as they announce new album ‘Constant Noise’ alongside a UK headline tour.The Teeside duo’s second album will arrive on March 21 via Invada Records and serves as the follow-up to 2023’s ‘NAILS’. Its tracklist includes their recent single ‘Land Of The Tyrants’ and new track ‘Relentless, which features Pete Doherty of The Libertines.“The song is about craving for a past you had that exists perhaps solely in your memory.

Benefits have announced they’re embarking on a UK and European tour this autumn.Taking to Instagram, the Teesside punks wrote: “NEWS! We’re touring in October! It’s our first time out since we released our debut album early last year! It’s been AGES! In with the new, on sale FRIDAY 10AM.“We’re really excited to be going to a fair few places we’ve never been before, bringing the electronic radge to Huddersfield, Lancaster, Aberdeen, Stirling, Preston, Utrecht, Ostend, Margate and Newport for the first time.“As well as returning to towns and cities we love like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Boro, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Southampton, Brighton and London. It’s going to be epic, please get involved, share the joy, share the anger, bring strobes and earplugs.”Tickets are available on their website at 10am BST this Friday (July 12).A post shared by BENEFITS THE BAND (@benefitsuk)OCTOBER05 – HUDDERSFIELD, The Parrish06 – LANCASTER, Kanteena07 – GLASGOW, Huge and Pint08 – EDINBURGH, Wee Red Bar09 – ABERDEEN, Tunnels10 – STIRLING, Tolbooth11 – MIDDLESBROUGH, Play Brew12 – LIVERPOOL, Shipping Forecast13 – PRESTON, The Ferret17 – ROTTERDAM, Left of the Dial 18 – UTRECHT, ACU 19 – ROTTERDAM, Left of the dial 20 – OSTEND, Cafe de Zwerver 22 – SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners23 – BRIGHTON, Hope and Ruin24 – MARGATE, Where Else25 – LONDON, The George Tavern26 – NEWPORT, Le PubLast year, NME caught up with Benefits before they performed at Glastonbury’s Left Field stage on the invitation of Billy Bragg, with frontman Kingsley Hall touching on the progress of their second album.“We want to get stuff out as soon as possible,” he said.

Benefits have spoken to NME about making their Glastonbury Festival debut tonight (Friday June 23).The Teesside noise punks will be performing under the invitation of Billy Bragg on his legendary Left Field stage this evening, shortly after the mysterious set from The Churnups – widely believed to be Foo Fighters, or least something featuring Dave Grohl, after he was spotted on site earlier today.Still, Benefits frontman Kingsley Hall isn’t worried about pulling a big crowd shortly after. “We’re not up against them,” replied Hall. “As soon as they finish, we start. There’s no crossover.

King Charles III makes his official ascent to the throne, but the afterparty is shaping up to be anything but epic.According to reports, a long list of British A-listers, ranging from Elton John and Ed Sheeran to Harry Styles and Adele — even the Spice Girls — have declined invitations to perform at the big bash.And while John and Styles are said to have declined due to scheduling conflicts, as the Sun reported on Feb. 25, experts say it’s no wonder so many others have given firm no’s to The Firm.

Benefits have announced debut album ‘Nails’ and shared its first single, the furious ‘Warhorse’.The band, led by frontman Kingsley Hall, have signed to Bristol’s Invada Records, the label of Portishead and BEAK>‘s Geoff Barrow, for the album, which will come out on April 21.“We could have released a 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 said of the signing and forthcoming album.Watch him sign the record contract at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium below.Ok. Here's some massive news. pic.twitter.com/a8DVTSubDG— Benefits (@Benefitstheband) February 27, 2023Of first single ‘Warhorse’, Hall added: “At some point if the boot continues to stamp on us, we’re going to react.

Benefits have announced plans for a headline UK tour in the autumn.The Teesside punk outfit will hit the road in November kicking off at Glasgow Stereo on November 18 with further dates lined up in Sunderland, Southampton, Exeter, Bristol Birmingham, London, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds. You can view the full list of dates below.Tickets go on sale on Friday (April 29) at 10am and can be purchased here.Frontman Kingsley Hall also shared a lengthy message apologising for not being able to play Wales and Northern Ireland yet along with a host of towns and cities.Before you ask… pic.twitter.com/8DdMJVfBB2— Benefits (@Benefitstheband) April 27, 2022“There’s loads of places we’d liked to play that we’ve so far managed to miss – Wales, Northern Ireland, most of Scotland, East Anglia, the bit between London and the Midlands and we WILL rectify this, please be patient, we’re not ignoring you,” he wrote.“With a big wedge of luck and a decent slot at a pressing plant we’re hoping to have something to promote around this time next year and when that happens we want to be everywhere.

Benefits have announced details of their first ever 7″ single, to be released via Yard Act‘s Zen F.C. label.The new release will land on June 3, the day of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, and feature recent singles ‘Empire’ and ‘Flag’.To celebrate the announcement of the new 7″ single, Benefits – aka Teesside-based artist Kingsley Hall – has shared a new video for ‘Flag’, which sees him taking a dip in the North Sea.Discussing the link-up with Yard Act, Benefits said: “In late 2020 we released a song called Traitors and I got a message from Yard Act saying they liked the song, in particular the line ‘we get the future you deserve‘.

Benefits have shared a fierce new track titled ‘Meat Teeth’ – you can check out its accompanying video below.The latest release from the Teesside punk outfit tells the tale of “overheard conversations and frustrations, underpinned by disillusionment and rage”.“Where will you be?/ Alone on your meat rack? Poundshop Balzac, where will you be?/ Up against some television piss wall, gimp faced clown in hand me downs. Plastic frowns.