Where: Washington Square Park
✉ New YorkNew York
NY
10012
United States
New York
What: Kitchen Knives @ Washington Square Park
When:
Kitchen Knives at Washington Square Park 2025-08-08T14:00:00
How Much:
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NY
10012
United States
Who: Kitchen Knives
Post-rock
On December 31st, 2019, Ben Mitchell dreamt up Kitchen Knives in the Chimes Taproom bathroom in Covington, Louisiana. The project was originally meant to be a blend of metal, electronic, rap, and noise rock.
After making a few demos that never got finished and released, a cover of Radiohead’s Idioteque was posted on Instagram and Youtube only, due to copyright restrictions. After the first cover of Idioteque, the project was left behind.
Between 2020 and 2022, Ben was drawn to more abnormal and niche genres of music. Shoegaze and post-rock left huge impacts. Bands such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ringo Deathstarr, Explosions In The Sky, Blonde Redhead, The Black Heart Death Cult, and so many more inspired the first official Kitchen Knives release, Blood Moon.
Blood Moon was written in May of 2022 as a demo to try out the shoegaze sound. But after receiving positive feedback, it was polished and finally released in December. The new version of the Idioteque cover soon followed.