Evans The Death crowdfunding van repairs after reported misogynistic attack

The group, touring their acclaimed recent LP Expect Delays, had just finished a show at the Wharf Chambers in Leeds.

The band wrote on their Indiegogo post about what happened:

We'd enjoyed the show and were just about ready to leave, when a man started making misogynistic comments to Katherine, our singer - some nonsense to the effect of 'women are only useful when they're ovulating'. He was extremely large, drunk, and very aggressive. After Katherine told him to do one, he became abusive, and continued after staff had asked him to leave. He then very quickly became violent, shoving and trying to throw punches. Katherine, along with the rest of the band, went to sit inside the van. We were unable to leave the premises quickly due to a narrow exitway. The man started punching and kicking the windshield, wing mirror, bonnet, window and door before eventually leaving. All together, he caused £1100 worth of damage.

The police were called, and although there were several witnesses, nothing could be done about it. It was a brand new hired van and the band ourselves are liable to pay the damages. Our label has paid the hire company for now, but until they're paid back, they can't fund any Evans the Death projects. We have a European tour booked for early September, and were planning on recording our third album later in the month - neither of which we can do without funding. We can't afford to pay out of our own pockets, and even without that incident we'd have barely broke even on the last tour - it's going to be extremely difficult to raise the cash ourselves any time soon.

They've hit their target, but if you feel like donating anyway you can.