Deathcrush – Down At The Front https://www.downatthefront.co.uk The place to be to experience new music Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 212659681 Great Escape 2014 – Day 2 https://www.downatthefront.co.uk/archives/1388 Sat, 10 May 2014 07:55:35 +0000 http://gigs.pahudson.net/?p=1388 First full day at the Great Escape and a big improvement in the weather. It’s amazing the difference a bit of sun makes. Instead of ‘trudging’ between venues the short walks were actually pleasant. I’d still prefer a bigger concentration of venues as there were several times when I headed to a venue that was at capacity with no nearby venue. Also the timings could do with tweaking. Venues that were near to each other often had similar stage times.

So who did I manage to see?

The Great Escape - Day 2: Ella vs Mountain
Ella vs Mountain – sounded nice. But hard to tell as she was playing the tent in the hub and there was a lot of noise

Black City Lights – DJ and singer. Not my cup of tea

The Great Escape - Day 2: The Darlingtons
The Darlingtons – energetic midday set from these guys

The Great Escape - Day 2: French for Rabbits
French for Rabbits – nice kick-back with a beer on a sunny day type music

The Great Escape - Day 2: John J Presley
John J Presley – excellent set from one of my current favourites

The Great Escape - Day 2: September Girls are apparently on the stage
September Girls – only caught the last two songs. But sounded excellent

The Great Escape - Day 2: Baby Strange
Baby Strange – didn’t work for me.

The Great Escape - Day 2: Telegram
Telegram – seen these guys before and again I was impressed by them

The Great Escape - Day 2: Esben and the Witch
Esben and the Witch – listened to most their set from the street but managed to catch two songs. Sounded really good. Have to catch them again

The Great Escape - Day 2: The Wytches
Wytches – despite sound issues, another great set

The Great Escape - Day 2: Deathcrush
Deathcrush – didn’t ‘get’ these girls. Lots of noise and shouting but nothing that grabbed me

The Great Escape - Day 2: Theo Verney
Theo Verney – enjoyable set

The Great Escape - Day 2: Scott and Charlene’s Wedding
Scott and Charlene’s wedding – don’t take themselves too seriously and seemed to be having a good time, as were the crowd

Barbarossa – not my cup of tea

Gavin James – hard to judge. Quiet music, but people were talking near me so I left

The Great Escape - Day 2: Femme
Femme – Seemed to be three girls dancing to a backing tape. I quickly moved on to the next venue

The Great Escape - Day 2: Serfina Steer
Serfina Steer – multi instruments uncluding a harp. Quiet nice laid back music

The Great Escape - Day 2: Syd Arthur
Syd Arthur – was looking forward to seeing these guys as I’d heard they were good. Just didn’t grab me at all

The Great Escape - Day 2: Public Access TV
Public Acess TV – enjoyable set

The Great Escape - Day 2: Brawlers
Brawlers – energetic set that seemed to go down well.

The Great Escape - Day 2: Gnarlwolves
Gnarlwolves – punk sound but nothing particularly interesting

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