Ahhh iv'e fallen behind on doing this dang blog (too many fests and moving etc etc) so i'm gunna have to be brief-ish.
Slam Dunk is a wonderful thing. One day, alternative music takes over the streets of Leeds (and this year Hatfield). Last time i went it was in 2006 with bands like Fall Out Boy, Academy Is.. and Thursday. Since then the venue moved from Millenium Square to the University and the line-up got less and less big. This changed in 2010 when pop-punk legends New Found Glory were announced as headliners. The festival was also back with 8 stages (apposed to the one in 06).
There was quite a few people i knew going so i just went and met up with people there (saved going back to Goole to go to Leeds etc etc). Doors opened at 2 so i met up with Adam and Gary about half one. Enough time to go get wristbands and grab a sub of the day.. natrually. I had the lovely suprise of bumping into an old friend in the quewe and had a good catch up. Various topics arose in the wait for wristbands including asking a young fellow to bring us CM Punk in exchange for a place next to us in the line. Didn't work, we are still to meet him.
Im gunna skip a couple of hours and get to the bands... So we grabbed a pint (at an extorcianate £3.80!) and headed to the first band of the day. Save Your Breath set things off with a bang. Kicking off the Atticus stage with their own brand of 'popcore' the Newport noiseniks got things going, the throng of music fans in the pit put their bodies through their paces with circle pits and vocalist Kristian Richards enticing a wall of death. Perhaps the best reception the band received however was during their new track “Stay Young” in which The Blackout's Sean Smith joined them on stage to perform vocal duties. The man annoys me... i really don't like him at all. Blonde cunt. Apart from that, i enjoyed it sehr much.
After Save Your Breath finished it was over to the main stage to see more patriots of powerpop in the form of Every Avenue. Hailing from Michigan, this American quintet put on another energetic performance to a closely packed crowd. The performance was hindered however by sound problems. Vocalist David Strauchman's singing could hardly be heard at for the majority of the set, coupled with the short sharp bursts of feedback it left the crowd wanting more but for the wrong reasons. I've never seen them before and i still feel i've not experienced them properly.
Next we rushed back to the Atticus stage for Moneen. Now this was the first true shock of the day. They were fantastic. Sorely under-rated band who deserve all the recognition they get. The crowd there seemed to lap them up and respect them. They jumped around the stage at one point the singer even falling over. Check them out!
The Relentless stage was a joke. Stupidly packed for This Time Next Year we couldn't get any futher in than the bar. Even then the sound system packed in so we couldnt hear anything. It was ok though, get to see them 2 days after supporting Hit The Lights.
From there the main stage was the place to be. Hit The Lights (ironically after TTNY)
Thursday, 26 September 2013
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