We’ve Only Just Begun 2024

Heroic reportage, Gloomtastic. Keep it going!

Loving the reviews Gloomy, they'll inform my commute soundtrack next week

Did you catch Shark School? I like what I've heard so far

That'd be Sara from Pillow Queens playing keys/synth in front of an audience for the first time because the usual musician was on honeymoon. I arrived a little late as they were starting a slow song which didn't really sit well with me. Thankfully for the rest of the set Lizzie's "Bitch Falcon" vocal really shone through. Significantly improved on the last time I saw them.

Rachel Mae Hannon seems to be going for a different interpretation of her music every time I've seen her perform. Tonight's lounge singer style was not for me.

Thanks Mom, Shark School, and Cruel Sister were all really good.

Celaviedmai was quite energetic but I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention. I arrived down halfway through their set because I watched Stella and the Dreaming, who's music was (as described by someone behind me) "so beautiful", until the end. I then left quite quickly to get back upstairs for Shark School.

Spooklet to finish . I'd previously seen her perform at another multi stage event and left very quickly to catch anything else. With no other options I sat down and let the bassy track wash over me. Probably not an act I'd choose to see again but I was enjoying the music by the end.

Strange name for a festival sounds like it was taken from Slade's Xmas hit. 😀

I think in this case the sound desk was given the wrong bit of paper. The acts played in the order given on the email sent out. Although the second and third acts started 15 minutes late.

Given that the Cliffords seem to have started on time I assume the late start was somewhat planned to avoid a big gap later on. I certainly hope Lucy Blue's guitarist didn't actually need the 15 minutes he seemed to take tuning two guitars. Her sad pop was not as good as when I'd previously seen her. It might just be that the track was too loud and drowned out the vocal a bit.

I went upstairs before the end to catch most of Martina and the Moons. These are very good. My notes from previous gigs say they start out at the light end of indie rock and build to a heavier sound through the set. Tonight seemed to be just all heavy.

Given the late running downstairs I think I made it back before Annie Dog started. These were good but I suspect there were issues with the sound mix in the early songs. I left before the end to catch what turned out to be a last minute replacement upstairs.

She said she would be playing Artlot on Friday. Looking at the acts on the poster and the cadence I think she said her name is Kyla Belle. Just her and a guitarist on stage with no track. She did a cover of "What Was I Made For?" and a lot of the set sounded like the down beat end of Billie's catalogue. I'd go to again.

Cliffords and CABL both very good as Gloomtastic! said. Theo I'll hold off commenting on but she has potential.