Beans On Toast announces new album "Kill Them With Kindness"
Beans on Toast has just released his latest single Pelican crossing along with a music video. Filmed at Rockaway Park, the subversive punk rock DIY cultural haven on the outskirts of Bristol, the union of art, music and nature the venue represents was the perfect location Pelican Crossing.
You can stream Pelican crossing now HERE, and watch the video below:
Taken from the Essex-born folk troubadour’s forthcoming new album “Kill Them With Kindness”, due for release on 1st December via BotMusic, Pelican Crossing is, says Beans on Toast himself “a song about the absurdities of the modern world and the appalling redesign of Pelican Crossings across the whole of the United Kingdom. Negligence or plain corruption? That’s for you to decide.”
Still very much a folk song in the style we have come to know and love, though this time the music is brought to life by Beans’ new band, The Beans on Toast Band. Despite its dry and observational lyrics on the absurdities of modern life, Pelican Crossing is a jaunty, bright song with tinkling keyboards, joyous rhythms and melodic hooks for days.
Recorded at Greenmount Studios in Leeds with the Beans on Toast Band, “Kill Them With Kindness” features a collection of insanely talented musical friends hand-picked from the UK music and festival scene.
“We've done a few tours together, but this was our first venture into a studio. Each one of them is amazing, and together... well, I'm proper chuffed with how it sounds,” Beans on Toast explains. "This album is a bit of a juxtaposition, as is the title. There are songs that deal with the current state of the world. Wars, maniac leaders, the rise of AI and the fall of the establishment. Then there are songs about trees, late nights in music venues, art, love and my new cat. As usual, it's a time stamp of my thoughts and feelings from the past year on planet Earth.”
‘Kill Them With Kindness’ tracklist
The Great North Road
2. Gods, Children and Robots
3. Comfortable in the Counterculture
4. Pelican Crossing
5. The Fall of the Establishment
6. The Glastonbury Oak
7. A Real Rock n Roller
8. Big Night out in Shrewsbury
9. That’s why I don’t drink Tequila Anymore
10. Taylor Swift for President
11. Our Cat
12. Happy Birthday Baby
13. Magicians and Outlaws
Out on 1st December 2025 “Kill Them With Kindness” can be pre-ordered now HERE
Photo (c) Elliot Hingston
As Beans on Toast is about to hit the road for an autumn 2025 solo tour, he has now also announced a full band tour for spring 2026 accompanied by his band Abbi Phillips (Drums), Bassie Gracie (Bass), King Killership (Keys), Memphis Gerald (Guitar) and Ryth Lyon (Fiddle). For a full list of dates c heck out the list below:
2025 Beans on Toast Solo Tour
November
12 BEDFORD - Esquires
13 HITCHIN - Club 85
14 STOWMARKET - John Peel Centre
15 NORWICH - Norwich Arts Centre
16 LEEK - Foxlowe Arts Centre
18 STOCKTON - The Georgian Theatre
19 CARLISLE - The Brickyard
20 DUNDEE - Beat Generator
21 LANCASTER - Kanteena
22 MOSSLEY - The Vale
23 WHITBY - Whitby Brewery
24 CHESTER - The Live Rooms
25 HEBDEN BRIDGE - The Trades Club
27 NUNEATON - The Queens Hall
28 SHREWSBURY - Albert's Shed
29 DONCASTER - Wroot Rocks
30 GRIMSBY - Docks Academy
December
1 MARPLE – The Strines Nightingale *Album Launch*
3 DERBY - The Old Bell Hotel
4 GLASTONBURY - The King Arthur
5 NEWPORT - Corn Exchange
6 WORCESTER - St Swithun's church
7 READING - Facebar
9 PORTSMOUTH - The Wedgewood Rooms
10 TOTNES - The Barrel House Ballroom
11 PENZANCE - The Acorn
12 GUILDFORD - Boileroom
13 RAMSGATE - Ramsgate Music Hall
2026 Beans on Toast Full Band Tour
March
4 SHEFFIELD - Sidney & Matilda
5 NEWCASTLE - The Cluny
6 GLASGOW - Stereo
7 LEEDS - Brudenell Social Club
11 BIRMINGHAM - Hare & Hounds
12 BRISTOL - The Fleece
13 CARDIFF - Clwb Ifor Bach
14 MANCHESTER - Band on the Wall
18 EXETER - Phoenix
19 SOUTHAMPTON - The Brook
20 BRIGHTON - Concorde 2
Tickets are available HERE
