Kids With Buns' new single 'stubborn mind'
Kids With Buns share new single 'stubborn mind', from debut album 'out of place', that was released October 13th. Friendship, heartbreak and falling in love - often for the first time - are also major themes on the album.
“stubborn mind" is about becoming aware of your own stubbornness, looking back at a situation where you refused to admit your mistake, only to realize later that it doesn't matter if you lose your partner, friend, or girlfriend because of it. 'You are sabotaged by your own stubbornness. If you don't listen to the other person, you risk losing them. But in the heat of the moment, we sometimes forget that.'
Upcoming concerts
- 01/12/2023 3voor12 Song van het Jaar, Maassilo, Rotterdam (NL)
- 02/12/2023 Prachtwerk, Berlin (DE)
- 06/12/2023 Kulturzentrum Alter Schlachthof, Eupen
- 07/12/2023 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- 14/12/2023 De Helling, Utrecht (NL)
- 18/02/2024 Cultuurfabriek Hall of Fame, Tilburg (NL)
- 28/02/2024 Muziekgieterij, Maastricht (NL)
- 29/02/2024 Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)
- 07/03/2024 Vera, Groningen (NL)
- 09/03/2024 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (NL)
- 17/03/2024 PAARD, Den Haag (NL)
- 21/03/2024 Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (NL)
About Kids With Buns
It's been four years since Marie Van Uytvanck and Amber Piddington first shared a stage together during the 2019 Sound Track preliminaries. What initially had been intended as a temporary solution (Marie’s guitarist had called in sick) worked out so well that the two of them decided to form the band Kids With Buns, after the Gorillaz song ‘Kids with Guns’. The music they made together - wistful bedroom pop songs about matters of the heart - caught on. First singles “1712” and “Bad Grades” quickly gained traction, in August 2020 they made it to the semi-finals of Humo's Rock Rally and in January 2021 they won Studio Brussel's talent competition De Nieuwe Lichting. From then on things started moving quickly for the duo : “Bad Grades” reached first place in the charts and received more than 2.5 million streams on Spotify. In their first year, they performed at Lokerse Feesten, played at the Lotto Arena and presented their debut EP Waiting Room in two sold-out Ancienne Belgique shows in April 2022.
There, Amber and Marie surrounded themselves with a live band for the first time, with bassist and keyboardist Stijn Konings (LANI) and drummer Dajo Vlaeminckx (RHEA). They gained stage experience and started playing shows abroad: the band toured through the Netherlands supporting Balthazar and Eefje de Visser and subsequently played an almost sold-out headline tour there. They performed at showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag (NL) and were put in the line up of Down the Rabbit Hole (NL). This summer they played at Pukkelpop and the German Reeperbahn Festival.
Their biggest milestone so far is their debut album Out of place, released on October 13th. On the album, they created their own sound inspired by Marie’s all-time favorite artist Nick Drake, and Ben Howard, who influenced Amber's guitar style. Most importantly they drew from Girl in Red who also writes candid guitar songs and, like them, does almost everything herself. But they managed to stay close to what makes Kids With Buns, Kids With Buns: the intimate indie rock driven by Amber's melodic guitars and Marie's uniquely deep voice, creating sad bangers to dance to during a mental breakdown in the bathroom. 'We’ve had to search for a while,’ they astutely state,’but I think we've pretty much found our sound now.’
