Dirty Nice / Katy For Kings

**Dirty Nice** come to Hot Box this August.

**WELCOME TO PLANET WEEKEND: DIRTY NICE’S SURREAL CARTOON-POP PLAYGROUND**

*“charming mix of off-kilter melodies and classic songwriting chops”* - **The FADER**

*“mind-bending” Rolling Stone / “whimsical, playful”* - **MTV**

Few bands manage to blur the lines between music, art, and escapism quite like Dirty Nice. Currently split between London and Lisbon, they have grown a cult following into the hundreds of thousands online. In an age where every band/artist has to also be a content creator, they’ve leaned into their interests and built oddball, dystopian cartoon worlds around their alt-pop bangers. By voicing and animating a whole host of eccentric characters themselves, the unique storytelling weaves between their toons and tunes, further expanding the weird and wonderful world of Dirty Nice that all began with the music.

On their third album, they throw open the gates to Planet Weekend (23rd May, Chiverin Records), an amusement park inspired by 90s television adverts, their most ambitious project yet. Racking up support across BBC R1, 6 Music, MTV, Fader, Rolling Stone KCRW, Radioeins & many more, with their music also heard in films (Novocaine and Until Dawn), games (Pro Evo and Grand Turismo) and TV. Think MGMT’s day-glo pop meets the Flaming Lips’ psychedelic theatrics, but with a distinctly British eccentricity that also draws inspiration from Charlie’s time composing for Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

**Katy For Kings**

Katy for Kings decent into the songwriting industry is one that consisted of persistence, drive, and a little bit of blind faith. Having picked up the guitar and 14 and signing her first publishing deal in her late teens, her intuition and natural understanding of her craft has led her to become a widely sought after sync writer as well as an artist in her own right. Katy’s most recent release “NO STAR QUALITY” highlights her struggles with conforming to social norms and how she refuses to give up, whether that be on trying to navigate heartbreak or her career.

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