About Us
They Kill and Eat People are Ben, Lizzie and Marius. We play music that sits somewhere between punk and indie, with a smattering of other stuff thrown in. If you have a show or a space where we can play, or you just want to chat we’d love to hear from you. Write us at theykillandeatpeople[at]gmail.com.
We now have two songs up!
First is us playing an untitled song Short Memory at Dirty Shirlows:
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Second is our oh-so-professionally recorded pop-anthem-slash-Ted-Leo-ripoff, Twentynothing:
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14th of March-Bushfire Benefit at Nowra Baptist Church
So we’ll be heading down south in a couple of weeks to get our mosh on and hopefully raise some money for the Red Cross’s bushfire appeal.
The show is $10, starts at 1:30pm and is at Nowra Baptist Church Hall, Old Southern Road, Nowra. The event is going to be completely drug and alcohol free, so leave your goon bags at home, kiddies.
The other bands playing are:
Vera
Judged by You
Yoko Oh No
Epitomes
Break a Leg!
Time Will Tell
Silverback
Sawn Off
Monster Squad
All bands are supposed to be done by 9pm, so expect sets to be pretty short, fast and loud. No hanging around out front smoking for an hour between bands!
PS: There are plans for a BBQ (suitable for both vegetarians and people who’ve managed to avoid being eaten by Chris Hannah) as well, so bring a couple extra bucks along for the sake of the cause and your tummy.
Decolonise- Saturday 24th of Jan
So after little bit of wheedling on our part, the lovely organizer of the Decolonise festival managed to find a spot for us between that one band with the guitar and that other one with the drums. (FYI: if you’re also looking to play this festival, sending a polite email to the organizer will probably work better than mailing him photos of yourself wearing nothing but a peanut butter bra. Do not ask me how I know this.)
We’re now playing on Saturday the 24th at a super secret location, at a show headlined by a super secret surprise band. For the purposes of this post, the rest of that day’s lineup will also remain secret, but only because I’m too lazy to type them out.
More information about the show (and the rest of the festival!) can be found by picking up a program from Paint it Black, Repressed Records or Black Rose Bookshop.
Friday January 2-Paint it Black, 2pm
Condorcet and …Like Foxes are putting out a split EP and touring to support it. We’re playing at their Sydney show, so come along if you’re the in the mood for some American Football style emo. Or if for some reason you actually want to see us play.
Paint it Black is on Enmore Road, near the Enmore Theatre, and the show starts at 2.
2 more shows-December 7th and 19th
So we have a couple more lined up:
First one is this Sunday, December 7th, at Puny Mounds in Melbournetown.
Starts 12pm at 49 Wordsworth Street, Moonee Ponds. Also playing are:
HEE HAW (syd), SCRATCH PLATE, BELLA DESPAIR, USELESS CHILDREN, MICROVOM, SNAKE RUN (adel),
F.UCKYOUASTROLOGY, OSCAR SLORACH-THORN, THE DIAMOND SEA, COCKS ARQUETTE, LOUISE (syd), EX SPECTATOR, OLT
The second one is on December 19th with Truth from Facts, at Dirty Shirlows. Dirty Shirlows is on Shirlow Street Marrickville. I don’t know the exact number.
The full line up is:
Truth From Facts-Amazing mathy intertwining guitars with Hitchhiker’s Guide references in between songs
Bare Arms-Now with new lineup! (I think)
Vultures-Sorry, haven’t heard these guys before
Divorcée- Or these guys
They Kill and Eat People- Pop-punk (apparently)
New Show-Louie’s 7th of November
Yeah, so this show never happened because the venue’s having trouble with the cops.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT!? WE ARE TOTALLY PUNX BECAUSE WE’RE BEING OPPRESSED AND SHIT
So thanks to our friends in Code of Lies(Orange’s best grind band), we’re playing another show real soon.
It’s at Louie’s on the 7th of November. Headlining is The Sharks They Bite from Melbourne, with Code of Lies.
Details!-
7th November, Louie’s, Marrickville, 8pm
The Sharks They Bite-Bronx-esque punk
Code of Lies-brutal grind
Hira Hira-skinny jeans punk
Little A-don’t know these guys
They Kill and Eat People-us
Apparently Ben will be doing guest vocals for Code of Lies. Apparently he also doesn’t know the words to any of their songs.
central coast extraveganza
Two other shows in Sydney that night, two bands having pulled out, the hsc and astrology all vie against the success of this show but check out this fucking fantastic line up:
… cross out disruption disruption, cross out alzheimer blanks, and write yourself in! DO YOU WANNA PLAY? Bit short notice but make a noise if you do.
