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Wispy, gauzy beauty: This Is The Kit, Barbican, reviewed

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

This Is The Kit

Barbican Hall, and on tour until 27 August

On the way home from This Is The Kit’s show at a socially distanced Barbican, I listened to Avalon by Roxy Music, which had been brought to mind by the previous 90 minutes or so of music. It’s perhaps worth saying that This Is The Kit — the nom de chanson of Kate Stables, backed by a three-piece band and three horn players — have absolutely nothing in common with Avalon by Roxy Music, visually or musically.

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