Faaack, have I really not been out since Roadburn?
Next - hopefully Ten Foot Wizard and Nomad on Saturday, missed Bohren und der Club of Gore tonight due to parenting... Meh.
Last - ROADBURN Mantra Machine in the cul de sac, only band I'd see there all weekend, nice place though. Happy mellow Dutch psych. Why don't we get bands like that in the Uk? Probably because we're a load of miserable fuckers oppressed by the state and full of cheap cider. Usnea in the green room, doody doom with not quite enough happening, sorry guys. Was big and heavy mind. Scored some drugs - thanks Frobbert! Had what was supposed to be a low key skunk joint and went to see Oranssi Pazuzu, got there early and nearly spun out while waiting. Thn they started, Fuckinghell it was intense. Tripped out on harshpsych for two songs and then they launched into something that killed the vibe totally and we went to see Converge. First four or five tracks of Jane Doe were blistering but we opted out to get stoned. Didn't get into Gomer Pyle and went to see Zone 6. Well and truly tripped out by this point, cheers Zone 6! Made it front and centre for CHRCH, well worth the hype. Really pleasing doom session and given I'd been up since five am pretty fucking good going.
Next day in time for Mondo Drag - dug it but bit too laid back, I needed to get on it. Repulsion stepped it up a bit! We went to see Death Alley and I got grumpy at the cheesy frontman, was that only half six in the evening? With the dead faffed around for a bit, and were plainly not most of the proper Electric Wizard line up, but nevertheless I enjoyed some doom as it sort of ought to be. Hills next, again supercool but too chilled. I need my psych revved up a notch. Also too much synth and not enough guitar gawddammnit! What happen next? I think we got REALLY stoned and saw Black Moon Circle and zone 6 again. Fuck, well stoned.
Next! Ummmm... Brothers of the sonic cloth - good tone, good vibes, songs meander a bit. Best parts turned me on in a Yob way. Got in for a good spot for Beastmaker and I'm so glad we did, that was a set that put a smile on my face, even through three days of exhaustion and THC overdose. Caught some of blood Moon but were pretty much treading water before Neurosis. I won't write up a satisfying account of that, others have no doubt.
Sunday - oh fuck Mirrors for Psychic Warfare were the bassiest thing ever, I like. My brain by Sunday, not sure it was the right venue for that music, but it good. Jakob, ok, got wasted for Amenra. Whose set again I have next to no memory of, same as from Temples. It was serious, intense, heavy. Visuals were nice. *shrug* Oh yeah then Neurosis played agin. Both sets were a treat, still treated with the seriousness tat they bring to the craft but visibly having fun at times (despite unheard of technical difficulty!) and crushing in all their aspects. I like the crust punk blast as much as the heaviness of Distill. It's something when you can chuck The Tide into the set and it feels like a breathing space.
Then Buried At Sea played, I was in prime position, all collapsed in on us and it was GOOD. Last ditch Death Alley set in the cul de sac? Fuck that, I just saw migration happen.
Mega thanks to Ian, wish I'd not been so tired. Coffee machine is my friend.
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