Benefits

Le Pub, 14 High Street, Newport county , Newport, NP20 1FW
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About Benefits

Benefits are coming to Newport!!

In their four years of existence, much has changed for the Teesside agitators. Over lockdown they morphed from spirited guitar-led punks into overwhelmingly brutal harsh noise-wielders, whose furious, eviscerating music garnered them the kind of word of mouth following most artists can only dream of.

Every time one of the band’s bracing polemics arrived it would spread rapidly across social media like an antidote to that disease and gather more to Benefits’ cause. High profile fans like Steve Albini, Sleaford Mods and Modeselektor were among those on board from the off. Effusive coverage from the likes of NME, The Quietus, Loud & Quiet and The Guardian and more soon followed. Through it all, the outfit remained staunchly DIY, operating entirely without a label, press team or industry leg-ups.

Now, however, they are stepping things up a level, signing to esteemed indie imprint Invada who released their debut album ‘NAILS’ on April 21, 2023. The label’s co-founder Geoff Barrow of Portishead was one of the many who’d been drawn to the music as it made waves online, and when he came to see the group perform live in his native Bristol was immediately hooked.

We are absolutely over the moon about this booking; tickets are on sale now!

Website https://www.lepublicspace.co.uk/shows