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mournful vocal, before the tempo rises, the bass gets heavier, and the beats louder. By the end it’s more like a nightclub dance set, the everswelling crowd finding it increasingly difficult to not bop their heads and shake their hips. With a queue winding well out of the door, we’re only just lucky enough to squeeze ourselves into Komedia for the second performance of Deap Vally’s (Komedia, Friday) weekend. Dressed perfectly for the summer heat of California, their outfits are maybe a tad optimistic for the weather here in Brighton, but their set still comes packed with enough rock and roll punch to have the whole room working up a sweat. Debuting an array of the explosive tracks from their forthcoming debut full-length ‘Sistrionix’, this hair flailing, head banging duo are nothing short of captivating. You can’t help but wonder how the hell they manage to make such an insatiable racket. deap vally
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“The Great Escape was an adventure and we are all really grateful we survived. It was close but we did it.” Superfood
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By 1am The Haunt has reached its sticky, murky peak, which is ideal considering the band taking to the stage. Rumours abound before the show that Merchandise’s (The Haunt, Friday) Corn Exchange set the previous night wasn’t all that great; that spacious halls weren’t the finest companion to a band sporting fierce, progressive punk. If this was the case, The Haunt provides a polar opposite. Carson Cox looks Terminator-esque in his rectangular sunglasses, spilling water out into the front rows of undying fans. The songs themselves find a fitting home here, particularly when ‘In Nightmare Room’ spills unrelenting energy into the already flailing arms and hoarse, returning voices.