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Release Date Friday 20th November 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
Fourteen years have passed since Woollen Kits released two albums in a single year (Woollen Kits
and Four Girls, both 2012), but Melbourne/Naarm’s beloved Kits are back to remind us what we’ve
been missing all this time.
Weather the Storm still draws from the same deck of cards, but opens the door to some more
classically renowned influences like The Velvet Underground, Television Personalities, Beat
Happening ,Marine Girls, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, et al.
Across ten tracks it’s clear just how well they can write a hook, a verse, a chorus, a song; bringing
together themes of everyday life, love and sincerity with aphorisms, stories and the classic sound we
know and love.
Woollen Kits’ approach is almost as minimal and primitive as it was back in 2007, when singer/guitarist Tom
Hardisty first sent a few channels into the red on an old Tascam tape machine. Simple chords, strong
melodies, witty lyrics and a clear message. It’s a hell of a combination when it’s done well, and one they
would only refine from there.
Tom (Hardisty) recruited a second Tom (Ridgewell, drums) and a Leon (Applebee, guitar) to help guide his
new Cramps/Half Japanese- worship bedroom project into a real-life band, playing their first gig on NYE ’08
before launching into 2009 to record their first canon release, the Teenage Love 7”.
Yes, much time has passed since the band’s last record, Four Girls, came out in late 2012, but in the interim
members have released plenty of other music across numerous projects, including Constant Mongrel, Nun,
Canine Apathy, The UV Race, TB Ridge as The Director, Calamari Girls & more.
01 All These Things 02. Blossom and Bloom 03. Back of a Truck 04. Turn Again 05. (Remember) December
06. Home 07. Down Your Street 08. In the Black 09. Two Surnames 10. Little Light
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