I really enjoyed the Psyche Fest but, as with last year, would prefer that they reduced the number of bands and allowed everyone to play a bit longer. The Saturday lineup was much, much better than the Friday IMHO, Cheval Sombre, Lay Llamas and Anthroprophh were just outstanding. I did not enjoy Goat much. It was very,very busy in the Furnace, which was why the doors were closed. The sound where we were standing was punishingly harsh. To me it sounded like the PA was being over driven, so the vocals were just painfully loud and clipped. It was better towards the back, but Shinesalight and I had decided to go and watch White Hills instead. We actually had to leave the entire venue via a fire escape and go back in the main gate to catch the end of White Hills, who did not do much for me. Their new album is superb, but live they are very one dimensional.KingHarry wrote:Well that was fucking ace.
Disappointing to miss out on Goat - did anyone actually get in? Poor planning really, should really have worked out that the entire crowd would look to get into that, and taken up station well ahead of time. Although, I wasn't in a mental state conducive to coherent planning.
But I'm well over that - saw lots of good stuff, had a great many laughs, met some pleasant people from here, and it only took me a little over an hour to eventually stumble into an eye-wateringly expensive taxi to take me home.
Can't wait for next year
It seemed to me that there were a lot more people there and far fewer 'facilities' than last year meaning that a lot of the outside space was taken up by people queuing for the loo. A few more toilets would have been a very welcome change. Other than that, I had a great weekend, met some really nice people and caught up with a bunch of others. The beer, some of the food and the setting were excellent. I particularly like the atmosphere at the LPF and, minor quibbles aside, will go next year.