Benefits

n March 2025 Teesside agitators Benefits will release Constant Noise, the follow up to their 2023 debut NAILS; a passionate expression of anger and disillusionment about divisive, xenophobic, and toxic rhetoric filtered through brutal, eviscerating music. Before its release, the band generated a word of mouth following most artists only dream of. After getting high profile fans like Invada Records co-founder Geoff Barrow plus the late great Steve Albini, NAILS lived up to the hype. It earned widespread support, appearing in album of the year lists from Louder Than War (#1), BBC Radio 6 Music, NME, and more. After their Glastonbury Festival debut and a UK/ EU tour, the question was “what’s next?” Benefits recalibrated as a duo made up of Hall and electronic virtuoso Robbie Major and moved in a new direction. Constant Noise’s lead single ‘Land Of The Tyrants’ is the first taste. It introduces bass-heavy, dance inflected rhythms and subtle industrial undercurrents. More new tracks debuted on their latest UK / EU tour, when they supported Arab Strap in Glasgow and appeared Left Of The Dial and Iceland Airwaves.