Sunday 2 October 2016

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“They’re fun grunge, I like to call them Funge” – Jack Baseley, 2016

Hey, it’s Leanna, like promised I’m going to give you an overview of my time spent at the locally cherished festival, Southsea Fest!

I started my time at the festival listening to Aviv and The Eunuch Horn slide out some sweet psychedelic tunes over at The Fat Fox! You can’t not move to their music, it was almost like they were hypnotising the surrounding audience to come closer, move their bodies and come and watch their set.

The band have the energy but they also have a quality which means their music is delivered in a really laid back, cool and collected style.

They are 100% worth looking up and keeping tabs on for more gigs, they are local to Southsea so if you are from that area I recommend you check out their gigs coming up.


The festival itself holds so much character, there were 21 venues this year spanning from one side of Albert Road all the way to The Pyramids near the sea front.

The variety and quantity of impressive bands is something dreams are made of, giving attendees a host of options for a feeble price of only £20.


Taking into consideration the sheer size/distance covered in this festival I made the trek to the sea front to watch Eagulls at The Pyramids. There were plenty of bars and venues on the way which made the journey far more interesting.

Eagulls are a band who are already achieving great things; they really created an atmosphere on the night which everyone lost themselves in.

They have a wall of noise which means their music is never empty sounding; they have great melodies and use effects in a way which really compliments their unique, quite retro sound. If you enjoy The Cure or The Cocteau Twins you will benefit from listening to these guys.

 

The Birdcage was the next venue to host a band which I have wanted to catch live for a while, Melt Dunes. Coming from Southsea they have obviously built up a solid fan base as the venue was packed out and people were struggling to get through the door.

These guys are true, pure psychedelic rock. Like I was saying earlier about EagullsMelt Dunes also worked the FX pedals perfectly, complimenting the washed out vocal sound.

They also had a wall of fuzzy noise which makes your hair stand on end but there was also never a dull moment in the song, they had a trance like effect on the crowd, everyone was moving, everyone was having fun and really feeding off the energy of the band, which Melt Dunes had plenty of.



By now the drinks had been flowing a while, I decided to go and watch one last band, Demob Happy. My boyfriend, Jack, had described this band as “funge” (fun grunge apparently) and this sounded weird and wonderful so I took the advice and went and watched them at Little Jonny Russell’s, and my my, I am SO glad I did!

Since watching this band live I have become weirdly obsessed, they’re like a cocktail of Weezer and Nirvana but more, so much more. They’re aggy, they’re riffy and they have a tonne of energy when they play live. Jack was right; the only way to describe this band is Funge. Listen to them, only then will you understand.


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