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Kins

From: Brighton via Australia and Wolverhampton

Profile: Songwriter Thomas Savage and guitarist/keyboard player Jackie Smith originally emigrated from their native Melbourne to London before moving down to Brighton where they evenutally recruited their current rhythm section.

After a series of singles the orginal line-up of Kins released a seven-track mini album Dancing Back And Forth, Covered In Whipped Cream in 2011.

They are now managed by the same team behind Mercury Music Prize-winners Alt-J.

Having played a series of shows at Brighton's Green Door Store, in Trafalgar Street Arches, and The Hope in Queen's Road, the band has appeared at Bristol's Fear Of Fiction Festival, Brighton's The Alternative Escape, been played on BBC South Introducing and Juice 107.2 FM and were made cover stars of The Source last month.

This year has also seen the band in the studio recording material for a projected album.

The Argus: Static HTML imageTop & Turn (Demo) (right click on the track to download, left click to stream) Warning adult content

Website: www.hellokins.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellokins

Email: nathalie@primarytalent.com

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