The last day of Primavera Sound 2024 starts slowly, built upon the calm before the storm, and ends up almost being the best yet with some great yangly pop and a stunning performance by PJ Harvey closing it for me!
In a pitch black Auditori the spotlight shines on Nala Sinaphro, an artist I found myeelf at through a recommendation from one of the artists at the stalls on the festival. I was a big fan of the harp, not so much a fan of the electronic elements, but an impressive and expressive band altogether! Next is sunny vintage pop outfit The Lemon Twigs who I enjoy thoroughly from the dale grass lid out for the festival. Their comforting sounds, fantastic guitar lines and soft vocal harmonies make for a fantastically sunny pop sound that is the perfect soundtrack for my afternoon.
I then head to a band that caight my curiosity as they previously performed with Interpol, Water From Your Eyes is the Frankenstein amongst today’s bands; influences of rock, pop, electro, and shoegaze pass the revue and make them an incredibly exciting and never boring band to watch. After that we return to the open fields for the jangliest of jangly pop band I’ve heard in a while in Australian group Royel Otis. Delicious riffs and thundering drums, combine that with smooth vocals and a cover of ‘Murder On The Danceloor’ and you have a new Royel Otis fan!
The Plenitude stage is dressed in shoegaze-hazy soft rock sounds created by Crumb and it’s a good thing I got recommended this band by a friend as they are the perfect palette cleanser ahead of PJ Harvey! She is a force of nature, a goddess in her own right, taking stage she captures it, her audience, and even influences the weather to make it work for her mesmerising theatrical rock sound. She pushes boundaries in her creativity and brings songs with angelic vocals and ever experimental compositions. The rain only made it even more magical. Whether you know all of her songs or none of them, it is hard to look away from PJ Harvey.
Here’s to what was not supposed to be my last act of the festival but ended up being it anyway as the rain had come pouring down and thunder and lightning had broken open the skies. Bikini Kill tried very hard to make a fan out of me and their exciting punk rock soundscapes could’ve done it however their vocals put me off. It’s clear I’m not a fan of screaming, high pitched singers. Either way, Primavera Sound ended with thunder and lightning… Literally and spectacularly!
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