# Detachment Kit

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{{Short description|American indie rock band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Detachment Kit
| image           =
| caption         =
| origin          = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), United States
| genre           = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)
| years_active    = 1999–present
| label           = [Frenchkiss](/source/Frenchkiss_Records), Self-Starter Foundation, [spinArt](/source/spinART_Records)
| website         =
| current_members = Ian Menard<br />Charlie Davis III<br />Bryan Mayer<br />Nick Davis
| past_members    = Michael Hamilton<br />Toddrick Spalding<br />Josh Hight
}}
'''Detachment Kit''' is an American [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) band formed in 1999.

==History==
Detachment Kit was started in Chicago, IL in 1999, by Toddrick Spalding (drums), Josh Hight (bass guitar), and Ian Menard (vocals, guitar, previously of Caesar's Glass Box). Toddrick met Charlie Davis III through his roommates and the band was completed. They were all art school students,<ref name="DePasquale">DePasquale, Ron "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p514365/biography|pure_url=yes}} Detachment Kit Biography]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 2010-06-08</ref> Hight (video/film) and Spalding (graphic design) attended Columbia College and Menard (painting/photography) and Charlie H. Davis III (lead guitar/painting/drawing) attended Art Institute of Chicago.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

The band recorded a demo soon after the line up congealed which was released as the ''Attacks On Bright America'' [EP](/source/Extended_play) in 2001 on limited 10" vinyl on Chris Newmyer's Self-Starter Foundation label.<ref name="DePasquale" /> The follow-up full-length album ''They Raging. Quiet Army'' was recorded in two days at [Steve Albini](/source/Steve_Albini)'s Electrical Audio by engineer Greg Norman and also released on Self-Starter Foundation (it was subsequently re-released on [spinArt Records](/source/spinArt_Records) and Bad News Records in Japan). The album was a hit on college radio.<ref name="DePasquale" />

The band toured relentlessly and built a loyal fanbase. Spalding and Hight left the band during the writing of their second album, so Davis and Menard continued on to make the record ''Of This Blood...'', recorded by Greg Norman, on which Menard played guitar and drums and Davis played bass and guitar. The band relocated to [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), and recruited the rhythm section of Michael Hamilton (drums) and Bryan Mayer (bass guitar) for live performances.  In 2005, Nick Davis replaced Michael Hamilton on drums.<ref>"[http://frenchkissrecords.com/bands/profile/detachment_kit/ Detachment Kit Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210180111/http://frenchkissrecords.com/bands/profile/detachment_kit/ |date=2008-12-10 }}", Frenchkiss Records, retrieved 2010-06-08</ref> Original Detachment Kit bass player Josh Hight later went on to form IRONS.

In January 2010, Menard and Charlie Davis started a new band with Jess Birch (of Watchers) called BRONZE, releasing their self-titled debut EP in May  2010.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Detachment Kit toured extensively, playing on the same bill as bands such as [Les Savy Fav](/source/Les_Savy_Fav), [Sparta](/source/Sparta_(band)), [Thursday](/source/Thursday_(band)), [My Morning Jacket](/source/My_Morning_Jacket), [Burning Brides](/source/Burning_Brides), [The Walkmen](/source/The_Walkmen), [Hot Hot Heat](/source/Hot_Hot_Heat), [Coheed and Cambria](/source/Coheed_and_Cambria), [Cursive](/source/Cursive_(band)), [Guided by Voices](/source/Guided_by_Voices), [The Dismemberment Plan](/source/The_Dismemberment_Plan), and [Jimmy Eat World](/source/Jimmy_Eat_World).{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==Musical style==
The band's sound is influenced by [post-punk](/source/post-punk) bands, with [Gang of Four](/source/Gang_of_Four_(band)) and [Wire](/source/Wire_(band)) identified as influences, and their sound described as "peppered with smart references to post-punk and indie's hallowed past".<ref name="Garrett">Garrett, Jon Jay (2002) "[http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/020611-itlist.shtml This Is It: The Detachment Kit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722053407/http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/020611-itlist.shtml |date=2010-07-22 }}", [PopMatters](/source/PopMatters), June 11, 2002, retrieved 2010-06-08</ref> Some tracks on ''Of This Blood'' were described as "a sort of post-punk blues".<ref name="WP1">"Detachment Kit "Of This Blood"", ''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'', September 3, 2004. {{ProQuest|409687158}}</ref> The band has drawn comparisons with [Pixies](/source/Pixies_(band)),<ref name="Garrett" /> [Les Savy Fav](/source/Les_Savy_Fav),<ref name="Angelo">D'Angelo, Peter J. "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r563273/review|pure_url=yes}} ''They Raging. Quiet Army'' Review]", [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic), retrieved 2010-06-08</ref> [Built To Spill](/source/Built_To_Spill) and [Modest Mouse](/source/Modest_Mouse).<ref name="Guarino">Guarino, Mark (2002) "Around Hear: These Chicago bands are worth your investment", ''[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)](/source/Daily_Herald_(Arlington_Heights))'', January 18, 2002</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===
*''They Raging Quiet Army'' (2002), Self-Starter
*''Of This Blood'' (2004), [Frenchkiss](/source/Frenchkiss_Records)<ref>{{Cite web|first= Daphne|last=Carr|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/of-this-blood-mw0000742907|title=Of This Blood - Detachment Kit review|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)}}</ref>
*''Live at Cat's Cradle 16 September 2004'', Download only
*''Plus'' (2006), Self-released

===EPs===
*''Attacks on Bright America'' (2001), Self-Starter

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/detachmentkit The Detachment Kit] on [Myspace](/source/Myspace)
*[http://bronze.bandcamp.com/ Bronze website]

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