Wide Awake Festival 31/08/21-03/09/21
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satyricaI had some quiet days following on from the Bank Holiday weekend, then Thursday headed after work to the Underbelly in Hoxton: I caught the end of Emilia Tarrant, once again coming before Flowvers, who I'd seen a few days before at Victorious; there were a couple of bands after them but work had left me pretty shattered so I didn't stay for them.
I had Friday off and headed down to Brockwell Park for the much-rearranged inaugural Wide Awake Festival: which is basic the festival for Goldsmiths students and was stuffed full of bands that Joey would have liked if he could have made it. I started with our favourite Lazarus Kane at the Moth Club Stage: the singer seems to have dropped his faux-American schtick, but their tunes still have plenty of groove.
I think it was determined by other commitments, although may also have served as a sneaky tactic to get people in early, but Idles, the biggest band on the bill, were playing at 1.30 on the Windmill Stage (about twice as large as the whole of the Windmill itself) and brought their usual energy. I stayed there for Squid, one of Joey's bands, who had a singing drummer and were pretty cool, then headed over to the Bad Vibrations Stage where I discovered Mandrake Handshake, who were the kind of sprawling, mellow band that festivals were made for: there were about ten of them, two of whose sole purpose appeared to be to play the tambourine, and you couldn't help but want to dance.
There was no-one I wanted to see for a while so I spent some time chilling out, the sun had come out and, although it wasn't s huge space, the festival had such a great feel to it- nice food, drinks not too pricey, a little bit of woodland you could sit in. I also tracked down T&A, who were there with some friends, and spent some time hanging out with them, then dragged them along to see Snapped Ankles on the Moth Club Stage, who pretty much lived up to my description of them as "playing dance music while dressed as trees" (although they seemed to have wisely downgraded from full-body suits to head-masks).
We went our separate ways and I watched some of The Murder Capital back at The Moth Club Stage, then all of Black Midi at the Windmill Stage, both of whom seem to capture people's imaginations but don't especially grab me, then I was ready for Shame to round the day off on the Windmill Stage and another chance to jump around before heading home.
I had Friday off and headed down to Brockwell Park for the much-rearranged inaugural Wide Awake Festival: which is basic the festival for Goldsmiths students and was stuffed full of bands that Joey would have liked if he could have made it. I started with our favourite Lazarus Kane at the Moth Club Stage: the singer seems to have dropped his faux-American schtick, but their tunes still have plenty of groove.
I think it was determined by other commitments, although may also have served as a sneaky tactic to get people in early, but Idles, the biggest band on the bill, were playing at 1.30 on the Windmill Stage (about twice as large as the whole of the Windmill itself) and brought their usual energy. I stayed there for Squid, one of Joey's bands, who had a singing drummer and were pretty cool, then headed over to the Bad Vibrations Stage where I discovered Mandrake Handshake, who were the kind of sprawling, mellow band that festivals were made for: there were about ten of them, two of whose sole purpose appeared to be to play the tambourine, and you couldn't help but want to dance.
There was no-one I wanted to see for a while so I spent some time chilling out, the sun had come out and, although it wasn't s huge space, the festival had such a great feel to it- nice food, drinks not too pricey, a little bit of woodland you could sit in. I also tracked down T&A, who were there with some friends, and spent some time hanging out with them, then dragged them along to see Snapped Ankles on the Moth Club Stage, who pretty much lived up to my description of them as "playing dance music while dressed as trees" (although they seemed to have wisely downgraded from full-body suits to head-masks).
We went our separate ways and I watched some of The Murder Capital back at The Moth Club Stage, then all of Black Midi at the Windmill Stage, both of whom seem to capture people's imaginations but don't especially grab me, then I was ready for Shame to round the day off on the Windmill Stage and another chance to jump around before heading home.
