THE KAIROS
february ARTIST FEATURE
february ARTIST FEATURE
This month our featured artist is The Kairos. A four piece from the fabled part of the UK that gave us The Beatles and The Coral, this band are here to show that the famous Merseybeat continues to beat on, louder and faster than ever.
Continuing a legacy curated by some of the greatest names music will ever see - The Kairos are reimagining the sounds of the North West, more excitingly than we have previously seen. With pounding drumbeats, unbelievably catchy riffs and lyrics beyond their years - there really is no-one doing it like these lads at the moment.
Fresh from a tour across the UK supporting The Reytons, we caught up with lead singer Tom Dempsey who told us a bit more about the band’s history, along with his favourite tour moments.
So let's start at the beginNING, how did you guys start playing music together?
‘A bag of happy accidents. Including some failed subjects and some questionable footballing ability. We found eachother through various music and football stuff as kids and eventually you get to the “let’s be in a band” age.’
Can you remember the moment you decided to become musicians? Do you think being from Liverpool had an impact on that?
‘Possibly. I wanted to become a musician because of my mum & dad. I went to gigs and festivals with them every year. It was after going to festivals like Beautiful Days and Glastonbury that I decided I wanted to be in a band. I think being from the North West in general comes as a bonus later on too.’
You ended 2024 on a high with your headline tour and a sold out home town show at Liverpool Academy, What was your favourite moment of the tour?
‘A lot of my favourite memories come from being in the van. Sometimes leading up to the first show or the Jack Daniel’s victory lap on the trip back to the Travelodge. The bits no one else gets to keep except us.’
You've just finished a tour supporting The Reytons, how did you find playing those bigger venues?
‘It’s a cracking opportunity for any band to cut their teeth on. It definitely takes some getting used to from a club tour, the operation is very different. But I feel like as a group we can apply ourselves to any situation and still put on a show as good as ours.’
Kate Nash has recently been in the spotlight calling out the industry to do more to support artists financially to enable them to tour, how do you find touring as an up and coming band?
‘Rough, mate.’
At the end of last year you released ‘Punchline Fistfight’ which was your first release for a while, can you tell us a bit about the track?
‘There are a handful of songs that when I write them, they are the exact songs I have always wanted to write. Songs with infusion, with a good chorus, infection and have their own sound. When I hear someone tell me Punchline sounds like nothing they have heard before, that’s what I get off on.’
What do you have up your sleeve for the rest of 2025?
‘We’re working in some trapezium backflips through rings of fire into our live set.’
Can you shout-out 3 other bands/artists that we should be listening to right now?
‘Ellis Murphy, The Kowloons and King Hannah.’
Now as we are Pass It On Magazine, we ask all of our interviews to pass a question on to our next artist. Your question is from the lovely James Petralli of White Denim, He asked:
‘What was the last book that you read, and did it lead to a song? ‘
I finished the second A Song Of Ice And Fire (Game of Thrones) book last year. No it didn’t lead to fuck all.
With only a few dates left of their UK tour with The Reytons, The Kairos released their incredible new single Keep It On The Low on Friday the 28th February, with a highly anticipated SOLD-OUT Manchester Headline at the Deaf Institute also on the cards in May.
We cannot see the hype for this Merseyside quartet simmering anytime soon, with the excitement and anticipation surrounding the band growing on the daily.