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The 12 Days of Swn-fest: Part 11 – Loose Alldayer with Pipettes, Leisure Society, Lucky Soul et al
Emotive, folk-drenched instrumental pop that resonates with flutters of Sigur Ros, Grizzly Bear and Gonzales – all summer skies and tiny crescendos – Tim and Sam’s Tim And Sam Band tremble and tickle with equal measure. Music made for goosebumps. … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Swn-Fest: Part 10 – Girls
Listening to Girls feels like slow-dancing at dusk on a wind-swept beach, arms-outstretched and care-free; the cool breeze in your hair, the salty air on your tongue and the taste of the day slipping into memory. The songs on Album, their … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Swn-fest: Part 9: Extra Curricular Activities – swn=sound / seminars / scrabble / Gwdihw
The drunken brainchild of Geraint Ffrancon and Gerallt Ruggiero, Swn=Sound is an audio experiment where Ffrancon+Ruggiero will be creating a Swn festival electronic set out of the festival itself. During the course of the exciting Swn weekend they will be … Continue reading
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The need to support music in Wales
Thought-provoking post by John Rostron from Plug 2 and co-promoter with Huw Stephens of Swn Festival. Events like Swn don’t just fall into your lap, they’re dragged up from the pits of creativity, passion and courage. It’s a shame that … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Swn-fest: Part 8 – Three Trapped Tigers
Cerebral fusion of exploratory electronica and jarring instrumentalism that suggests Lightening Bolt pondering the Warp back catalogue, Three Trapped Tigers employ a classically-trained background with a desire to create their own fine anomaly in sound. It’s their rejection of the … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Swn-fest: Part 7 – Sons of Noel and Adrian
Drawing members from Brighton’s Willkommen Collective, Sons of Noel and Adrian‘s quivering, floating stories of dusk, love and loneliness straddle the unspoken area between Mumford and Sons’ haunting folk and Rachel’s chamber-led crescendos. Don’t just trust me, listen to this … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Swn-fest: Part 6 – Islet
Frenetic, multi-drummer explosion of skewed guitars, structured dissonance and compelling unpredictability, Islet are less than a handful of gigs old but have already landed an impressive NME Radar feature – even though they shun all manner of web promotion (at … Continue reading
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