Atreyu
Since they muscled their way onto the Orange County metal scene in 1998, Atreyu have sold over a million albums by constantly challenging themselves and their audiences with charged music and acrobatic performances that both have pushed the boundaries of catharsis and emotional exorcism.
But even those who have grown used to the unexpected from Atreyu will be blown away by the musical growth, determination and depth of the band’s new album Lead Sails Paper Anchor.
Sunday 30th August at The Reading Festival / Saturday 29th August at The Leeds Festival
La Roux
At the end of 2008 21 year old Elly Jackson, aka La Roux, arrived with a whirlwind of excitement surrounding her.
onfirming all the hype - she bagged a top 5 single, the support slot on Lily Allen’s national tour, has been part of the biggest remix of this year (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix) and has everyone from Franz Ferdinand to Daft Punk hailing her as a talent to watch.
With her number 2 single In For The Kill still in the Top Ten 12 weeks after its release, the iconic redheaded Brixton girl unleashes her highly anticipated debut album on June 29th and is sure to be a massive draw for these two shows.
Lightspeed Champion
Currently resident in the USA, Dev Hynes, aka Lightspeed Champion is one of the brightest and most intriguing talents to emerge from the UK in recent years.
With debut album Falling Off The Lavender Bridge last year Hynes received critical acclaim form across the board with NME declaring that ‘when Dev Hynes picked up an acoustic guitar, the nation of indie felt its heart murmur’ in a celebratory 9/10 review. With new material in process for a forthcoming album, these shows are an early opportunity to hear what comes next from Lightspeed Champion.
The Rumble Strips
Working with producer Mark Ronson on Welcome To The Walk Alone, their second album, has seen The Rumble Strips expand their musical template to incorporate Phil Spector and Scott Walker, 1940's wartime melodies and early 1960s European soul with the rousing brass and stampeding drums of their critically acclaimed debut, Girls and Weather.
With Ronson regarding the title track as “his proudest achievement”, and the album due for release on 13th July expect The Rumble Strips to deliver one of those iconic Festival Republic Stage moments.
FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison
Tagged in Leeds Festival