SOUTHSEA FEST PREVIEW: Hong Kong Gardeners Club Stage
August 14th, 2009 | Published in News
Hong Kong Gardeners Club has gained a reputation for putting on new, exciting and unique bills featuring acts that exist a little outside the road most of us walk in life, but close enough that if we make the effort we can really relate to what they play for us.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? A real musical mixed bag. Everything from the haunting alt.folk of Haunted Stereo to the more mainstream indie rock of Melodramas, and that’s just bands two and three on the bill. You may not recognise all the names on this stage, but they’ll be united by having some of the highest quality live performances you’ll see all day.
NOT TO BE MISSED: The Joy Formidable. Dark, brooding and yet still fun, this Welsh trio have the rock chops that we‘ve come to expect from Welsh bands, but they take it in different directions that hint at the more intelligent end of 80s musical output.
OUR TIP TO WATCH OUT FOR: The Strange Death Of Liberal England. One of our absolute favourite bands, these guys have been compared to the likes of Arcade Fire, Guillemots and, most accurately, British Sea Power, but there’s something unique about this band that’s difficult to put into words. If you check out one actat Southsea Fest that you haven’t before, you owe it to yourself to make it this band!
WHO IS OUR HOST: There are two, Sarah Parham and Abbie Eales, equally lovely and each as enthusiastic about live music as the other. If you’ve been to more than one gig in Portsmouth, you’ve been in the same room as one of these two. This love of things ‘live’ has leant them some of the most discerning ears for searching out interesting new bands that you’ll ever come across.
CHECK OUT THE FULL LINE-UP:HKGC Stage