The Cast Of Cheers and Deap Vally were the first two bands I saw on the last day. Both were outside of their home countries yet they both still manage to capture the sparkle of the festival and drag in an amazing crowd. Deap Vally was such an exciting band to see, a Rock'n'Roll version of Blood Red Shoes, these two girls knew how to keep the crowds attention.
After those two bands I want over to the BBC Introducing Stage to get my fix of Un-Signed (and as of yet unknown bands). The Establishment was a band I knew literally nothing about, not my sort of music, they seemed like a re-born version of REM, nice to listen to but didn't capture my imagination. Now Seasfire certainly done that!
Out #1 band to see at the festival we just had to be there (dead centre on the barrier to be exact) for what was our highlight of the weekend. Seasfire played; 'We Will Wake', 'You Won't Be', 'How Do You Sleep', 'Falling', 'Heartbeat' and closed out on 'Hold You Like No Other'. They started off with a standard crowd, just a few people who already knew of them and passers by. After the first song finished I had a quick glance around and saw the crowd effectively double. The vocals were crisp as ever, the guitar riffs as elegant as ever and the drums and samples/keys as smooth as ever. This band definitely know how to play live. I'll be sure to catch them soon!
After Seasfire played it was the turn of the 'secret' act, Chinese whispers, rumours and general guessing had everyone thinking it was Ed Sheeran, no idea why but in the end it was an acoustic set from Two Cinema Club, they played Sleep Alone, 'Undercover Martyn' and 'What You Know' before preparing for their slot on the Radio1/NME stage.
The night ended up with The Black Keys and Foo Fighters playing the Main Stage. The band played a two-and-a-half hour set with a setlist that differed wildly from their 21-song effort at Leeds Festival on Friday this time being 5 songs longer, with a few side attractions like Dave's story of being in Nirvana and his mothers birthday. All in all they were what I expected, stunning, amazing and down right beautiful to listen to!
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