The Leeds festival was a lot of fun. For the last couple of songs, the venue's system couldn't handle our drums channel and blew a fuse, but by then we'd played most of our set, so it didn't really matter too much. People seemed to enjoy us, and we enjoyed them enjoying us.<\/p>\n
We were memorably introduced thus:
\n"Possibly the greatest band ever named after a Tracy Chapman song…. Please welcome: FASTCAR!"<\/p>\n
Of the other bands I saw on the day, I enjoyed The Boy Cartographer (Scottish, Pastels-ish, ponytailed bassist notwithstanding), Big Eyes (slow, sit-down instrumentals, beautifully played, perfect for a Sunday afternoon), and The Starlets (More Scots, very clean, very young, very Bluebells-ish). Had to go for a lie down when The Hotwires came on (very Blues Explosion garage rock, ie very fashionable right now), and was sorry that I couldn't stay for Tender Trap and the other groups due to catching the last train back to London. Next time I'll search out for a floor to stay on: I do love festivals. As long as I'm performing at them. Otherwise, I just get envious.<\/p>\n
Much of the DJ-ing in the bar area was sublime, too. Orange Juice's "Breakfast Time" (Postcard version) next to Alexander O'Neil's "Criticize". Pure class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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