Errors at Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons 2009
Festivals. Where the bands you really wanted to see (Bon Iver, say) aren’t really the ones that stay with you, and the bands you’ve never even registered (Errors, say) are really terrific. Modest Scots, they made a glorious noise in the mid-afternoon, all hyperactive disco drums and grnarly guitars and bleeping, groaning synths. A British Battles? Maybe, but less loops and more straightahead joy. They haven’t captured this wonderfulness in the studio yet, but they should be watched carefully…
Oh, and a mention too for the best band to listen to while eating breakfast in a tent, Totnes’s gift to the world: Bert Miller and The Animal Folk. They split the drumkit between two of them (girl singer on snare and tom, bass player on kick and hat), were fronted by Russell Brand and Tom Waits lookalikes, and were more fun than a sackful of ferrets.
4 Responses to Quick glimpse from the Green Man Festival.
Sounds like utter hell.
Nice pic though. Your baby Canon?
Were Animal Collective playing – and, if so, any good??
They were, and in the tradition of festivals, I missed them. And the pic was taken on my Canon, Marko.