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This Is the Kit

This Is the Kit is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vashti Bunyan and John Parish. Those roots explain a lot about how This Is the Kit arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Laura Veirs, The Staves, Alela Diane, Samantha Crain and Fenne Lily, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Animal Collective, Vashti Bunyan, The National, Sharon Van Etten and Iron & Wine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around This Is the Kit, reaching back through Vashti Bunyan and forward to Animal Collective. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

This Is The Kit is the alias of British musician Kate Stables, as well as the band she fronts.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
This Is the KitVashti BunyanJohn ParishAnimal CollectiveVashti BunyanThe NationalSharon Van EttenIron & WineLaura VeirsThe StavesAlela DianeSamantha CrainFenne LilyFrazey FordAldous HardingBedouine

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This Is the Kit connections

This Is the Kit grew out of Vashti Bunyan and John Parish, shares an orbit with Laura Veirs, The Staves, Alela Diane and Samantha Crain, went on to shape Animal Collective, Vashti Bunyan, The National and Sharon Van Etten. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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