StrangeForms 10th Anniversary, day 2.
DAY 1 Line-up:
PATIENCE
CIVIL SERVICE
CWFEN
WOT GORILLA?
SOCKS AND BALLERINAS
BUREAU DE CHANGE
BICURIOUS
SVALBARD
NORDIC GIANTS
DAY 2 Line-up:
WHAT? NAH: The gentlest of math-rock, a lovely way to start DAY 2. Especially if you are hung-over. Contains saxophone, but it's NICE saxophone!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Uu1hWB8_rBM https://www.facebook.com/WHATNAH
OMOIA: Alt-metal new kids. Disturbingly young, slim and bendy.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kcWOTFbmwBg https://www.facebook.com/Omoiaband
A-TOTA-SO: Math-rock legends, this time featuring regular guest vocalist Jethro, and new guest vocalist #74, CERYS from OMOIA.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/hB2ufTCpuWE https://www.facebook.com/atotaso
EVERY HELL: Another saxophone, but it works here. I have no idea what genre this is - perhaps ALL of them at once - but this is one of the highlights of the weekend. Stupidly good fun.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/pbzFo4n80rM https://www.facebook.com/everyhellonline
VLMV: Now a solo vehicle for PETE LAMBROU, ex of MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS. This man has the ability, shared perhaps with TOM MORRIS , to destroy me with a simple song. Check the video of 'THE LIGHTHOUSE' below, which very nearly broke me.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/15xWOB7YEc0 https://www.facebook.com/vlmvmusic
HIDDEN MOTHERS: Returning to SF as a four-piece, perhaps less shouty than previously, and more 'gazey', but still magnificent. Very late, due to issues with a huge bundle of cables.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/qLRoW9-Y9e8 https://www.facebook.com/hiddenmothersukbm
OVERHEAD, THE ALBATROSS: Joyful post-rock with mostly spoken-word vocals. Pre-SF, I could've sworn these lads were Australian, for some reason. But they're not. They're Irish.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7DJu7w0I3KM https://www.facebook.com/overheadthealbatross
BIG LAD: Another surprise. With no pre-show research, I'd been expecting a math-rock band. They are, however, a drum'n'noise body blow - savage, very loud, but strangely danceable. Intense.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/TzL-bJlUuHE https://www.facebook.com/bigladband
AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR: The final surprise of the weekend. I had fallen out of love with ASIWYFA in the years following 'GANGS', and I was expecting to be disappointed. But I was wrong. They seem - to me, at least - to have recovered their joy and they are brilliant, despite having a stand-in drummer( Micheál Quinn ) and a slightly unwell Niall Kennedy on Guitar.
Thanks again to Stewart, Kerry and the team for inviting me along. It was fun.
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