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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 1d

Missing Paris very much!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks pal! Really enjoyed it!

Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 12d

Mine soon diverted away from Blippi. Forcing them to watch In The Night Garden is one tactic, not always successful. Be grateful for K Pop Demon Hunters when they get into that.

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks mate!!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

Cheers pal! It was a fun one to do!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

Never went on about it much but tbh as I wanted benefits to stand on its own feet! So you’re excused!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

a close up of a man 's face with a mustache .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a mustache .

media.tenor.com

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

Martin or John or Andy?! Martin used to come round our house when we were kids and play Star Wars so…

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

The lad who put the blindfold on me at the end, John, made our videos for Constant Noise era Benefits. The haircut was done by my mate Martin, who was in our Land of the Tyrants video and owns an amazing Merc. Having friends is class, eh?!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

The area of Stockton we filmed the video in was in the process of being demolished but another film crew had been using it to make a war time drama about the blitz, hence the wartime posters.

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 16d

Probably my favourite Kate Bush song. The old band covered it in 2011, I love our version, video done by my friend Andy, who later made the Benefits video Warhorse.

youtu.be/wwN2IPOp4xU?...

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 19d

If we weren’t laughing we’d be crying Ann!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 19d

It’s always art with us!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 19d

Sorry to interrupt your arguments. We’re doing a show in an art gallery next week with James Adrian Brown as collab and Oliver Ho playing after. Gonna be mint and if you have a TS postcode it’s only 50p to come. Ok, back to shouting at each other.

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 22d

Try try try!!

Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 23d

That’s what I’ll be looking at as I’m driving the van around Ipswich.

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 23d

You’ve decided to go on tour by accident!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 23d

We’ve persuaded Dan Le Sac and THE DSM IV to join us on tour in November! Dans doing the south and THE DSM IV (featuring Guy McKnight of Eighties Matchbox b-line Disaster) are doing the north! GET ON IT!

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dan le sac 🦄💣 @danlesac.bandcamp.com · 23d

Erm… I’m doing my first gigs in 9 years, supporting the delightful @benefitstheband.bsky.social… beyond hyped (and a little scared tbh)… come thru people.

Dates/Tix : linktr.ee/danlesac

Boom!

Flyer promoting the up coming Benefits tour. Dates read as follows:

Benefits w/ Dan Le Sac
12/11 Reading, face bar
13/11 Coventry, just dropped in
14/11 Ipswich, smokehouse
15/11 London, lower third
16/11 Bedford, esquires

Benefits w/ The DSM IV
18/11 Sheffield, sidney & matilda
19/11 York, fulford arms
20/11 Carlisle, brickyard
21/11 Edinburgh, sneaky pete’s
22/11 Stockton, ku bar

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 27d

Friends! Be an absolute star and vote for us in Drowned in Sounds Neptune Prize please! It’s the alt competition to the Mercury and it’s a pure buzz to be nominated alongside some legends and heros. We put everything into making this album so to be recognised in this way means a lot. Vote!

Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · 27d

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · 28d

An absolute classic

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · Sep 7

What a place!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yeah I’ve kinda neglected the socials as I’m sick of them tbh sorry!

Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are!

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Benefits @benefitstheband.bsky.social · Aug 26

Honestly think you let it happen and it fizzles away without any fuss. More and more convinced that this shit only occurs as British people can’t handle a bit of sun.

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