The final day. We only managed to squeeze in two-and-a-bit bands today, following a 40 minute queue to get into the Honey Club.
Only caught the last two two songs, which was a shame because Candie Payne and her band sounded pretty good; sort of like a soulful PJ Harvey, worth further investigation.
The Maccabees were the reason for the queue, and well worth the wait. Thanks to a tip from Colly, I picked up these Brighton boys’ debut album on Monday and it’s ace. Full of punky pop, think Futureheads, Rakes and a tiny bit of Cure. They even have a song about a swimming pool.
There were queues everywhere so we decided to take our chances with a quiet venue, and so headed to the Hope for Luke Toms, who was quite charming. The festival catalogue describes his songs as “dripping with Feeling-esque popness (only they they’re not nails-down-a-blackboard rubbish)” which is amusing although not exactly close to the mark. Far better to think Divine Comedy mixed with a little early Elton John and some James Taylor Quartet. A gentle, enjoyable end to the festival.
David wrote:
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
www.americanlegends.blogspot.com
If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thanks,
David
Colly wrote:
My pleasure, Sir. Good to find someone else who likes the Maccabees. Latchmere’s… got a wave machine.
James Wragg wrote:
Some last minute plans found me and some friends in the Duke of Yorks for the last night of the Great Escape. Possibly the only gig where tickets were a bargain £5 if you didn’t have a wristband.
It was a night arranged in conjunction with Icelandic Music Export (IMX) and was excellent.
Seabear, Stórsveit Nix Noltes and Benni Hemm Hemm all put on a great show. Oddly Stórsveit Nix Noltes and Benni Hemm Hemm had pretty much the same band members but that didn’t bother me as that included the full brass lineup.
But it was Seabear that won me over that night with some really rather lovely twinkly lo-fi folk pop songs. Worth a listen.
James
David Singleton wrote:
I’ve quite enjoyed your mini-series of Great Escape posts, nice for those of us who couldn’t make it!
The Maccabees are great, i’m quite envious.