![The Kill It Kid: Richard Jones [violin], Adam Timmins [bass], Stephanie Ward [vocals/piano], Chris Turpin [vocals] and Marc Jones [drums]From: Bath, UKAverage age: 21Sounds like: Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, The Raconteurs, Mumford & Sons, GomezLabel: One Little IndianProduced by: John ParishSuck it and see: hereBuy it: here
In their own words: “[Chris Turpin’s] preferences pre-date jazz and the world’s oldest man by heading back to America’s Deep South in the late 1800s.
“There’s a player that I love, and still love, called Blind Willie McTell - he was one of the first guitarists who pricked my ears up,” he mulls.
“He was playing in a New York bar and one of the staff at the bar used to shout ‘Kill It Kid’ at him when he was going up to play. I thought that was a good way to start a band.”
But he has opened his ears to music from the last 100 years as well. “I’ve been going through a Bruce Springsteen phase,” he says. “I thought he was laughable - my dad used to tell me that I was completely wrong - I’ve eaten my words now.”
You can hear those variable influences in the band’s cacophonous mix of spiralling country, folk and rock” (via BBC Newsbeat)](http://www.onelittleshop.com/images/categories/KILLITKID_425.jpg)
The Kill It Kid: Richard Jones [violin], Adam Timmins [bass], Stephanie Ward [vocals/piano], Chris Turpin [vocals] and Marc Jones [drums]
From: Bath, UK
Average age: 21
Sounds like: Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, The Raconteurs, Mumford & Sons, Gomez
Label: One Little Indian
Produced by: John Parish
Suck it and see: here
Buy it: here
In their own words: “[Chris Turpin’s] preferences pre-date jazz and the world’s oldest man by heading back to America’s Deep South in the late 1800s.
“There’s a player that I love, and still love, called Blind Willie McTell - he was one of the first guitarists who pricked my ears up,” he mulls.
“He was playing in a New York bar and one of the staff at the bar used to shout ‘Kill It Kid’ at him when he was going up to play. I thought that was a good way to start a band.”
But he has opened his ears to music from the last 100 years as well. “I’ve been going through a Bruce Springsteen phase,” he says. “I thought he was laughable - my dad used to tell me that I was completely wrong - I’ve eaten my words now.”
You can hear those variable influences in the band’s cacophonous mix of spiralling country, folk and rock” (via BBC Newsbeat)
