Stop & Chat: Knats

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with the band Knats about their new album and experiences growing up in the north east.

On their second album A Great Day in Newcastle, Knats are fully realised jazz-rock madness you can't look away from. Stan, King and Ferg join us on growing up in the north east, working at call centres and Pizza Express, and getting a scholarship at Trinity. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Giles Bidder

Guests: Stan, King, Ferg

Topics covered

• jazz-rock
• music
• interviews
• north east
• call centres
• scholarship

Keywords

• Knats
• jazz-rock
• Newcastle
• call centres
• Pizza Express
• scholarship
• music interview

Sponsors

Shure, Distrokid

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trinity, Mighty Moon Media, Pizza Express, The Miller

Products: Shure microphone gear

Books & works: A Great Day in Newcastle

Places: Newcastle, north east

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