It’s easy to forget that just over a year ago Knats released their self titled debut album with Gearbox Records. Today, their Geordie Greep-produced follow-up, “A Great Day In Newcastle,” has been shortlisted as one of the 2026 Mercury Prize Albums of the Year.
Written by lifelong friends from Newcastle - led by Stan Woodward (bass), King David-Ike Elechi (drums), and Ferg Kilsby (Trumpet; Flugelhorn) - “A Great Day In Newcastle” landed in May as an unflinching love letter to working class Tyneside, community, resilience, and lived experience tackled with the wit and warmth of classic Northern optimism.
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