Upcoming Gigs
Fri 3rd April 2026, Kirkgate Community Centre, Shipley w/ Sly and The Family Drone
Sat 6th June 2026, Chapelfest, Middlesborough
Bio
In 2024 – over 20 years after making their debut as noise-rock duo That Fucking Tank, James Islip and Andy Abbott returned with new project Lands & Body. The gear remains the same – baritone guitar played through multiple amplifiers and drums. The approach, however, has matured like a fine Cask Ale. Math-rock riffs have become interlocking fingerpicked patterns and rhythms, ear-bleeding noise has given way to spacious dynamics. Double-digit song lengths and twin-neck guitar appearances up the prog factor. The signature Tank groove and interplay underpins an expanded palette of influences drawn from post-rock, minimalist folk, free jazz and desert blues. In a scene of reformations, legacy acts and ‘classic album replays’ James and Andy have decided to leave the past where it belongs and start afresh, the same but different and in the process carved out a new genre of dark mild-core.
“Accomplished and considered – and a natural, organic evolution of the duo’s sound from those post-millennial early days of TFT. ” – Dirty Sunbeams
Discography and Media
Charsi Karahi EP (ADRA Recordings) 2025: https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/charsi-karahi-ep
Dark Mild EP (ADRA Recordings) 2025: https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/album/dark-mild-ep
Merch
Lands & Body Bradford Baby of the North T-Shirt (Various Sizes)
£20 inc. postage (UK only)
Andy Abbott / ADRA Projects 