It's nearly time for Indietracks
1 Comments Published by Trev Lostmusic on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 23:13.
So, it's on Friday that we pack up the hire car and drive north towards Ripley and by Friday afternoon we will have set up camp at the 2nd Indietracks festival. To say I am excited is a massive understatement. This excitement simply stems from the fact that last years festival was a magical event - with super amazing bands, super amazing friends (new and old) and some rather fine local ales. It's a heady mix of indiepop, beer and good old fashioned camaraderie. The highlights from last year are many - The Electric Pop Group, Cats on Fire, The Pocketbooks sing-along on the train, The School, Darren Hayman and I could go on and on and on.
This year, the anticipation has been building over on the Anorak forum where announcements about the line up of bands has been dripping out over the past few months - The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Kick Inside, Ballboy, Harvey Williams, The Smittens, The Kabeedies, The Rosie Taylor Project, Allo' Darlin, The Parallelograms, Je Suis Animal and The Wedding Present to name a selected few have whetted my appetite for the forthcoming weekend. Each announcement just served to remind what an amazing festival Indietracks is. I was privileged to be there last year and I am delighted that we get to do it all over again this summer.
And it just wouldn't be right if the Pocketbooks weren't playing - so it's good news that they are!
This year there is an extra out doors stage - to go along with main stage (in a Locomotive shed) and the Church stage - in you guessed, a church (although I suspect it's not a real church, just a replica). And that's just the music. I've not even mentioned the discos. The train rides. The disco on trains. The bands on trains before discos. Did I mention Steam trains and real ale? And the idyllic countryside. And the Sunshine we hope to have. And the friends we hope to make.
I'll be doing my stint on Merch stand on Saturday afternoon between 4pm and 6pm. Do come over and say hello (I'll be trying to hawk all the Lostmusic singles!).
So apologies for the lack of music contained within this post. I just wanted to share the excitement I am feeling about all this at the moment.
(Picture above is the School at last years festival)
I think I read last year that the Church is a replica of the original church that existed for the employees and family of the railway.
Looking forward to this too!