Multitude - the festival that’s beyond a bargain!

The inaugural Multitude Festival was an absolute blast at The Craufurd Arms last year, and you’ll get the chance to indulge in the feast of fabulousness again on Saturday, August 5 when the second event in the series goes live.

Twenty-three bands will play across three stages and all for just £13. It’s beyond a bargain – and the chance to check in with some of the best rising talents from across the country, including Naked Next Door and Jasmine Burns

Car Boot Sale claim to reference ‘treasured sonic textures from the hard-hitting rock of the 70’s and the euphoric alternative indie of the 90’s on their single, Miss It. The track was produced by Hugo Nicolson, who has been at the production desk with artists including Primal Scream, Beck and Radiohead.

Cowboyy brought a concoction of punk, prog, metal and jazz on their debut EP, while DSM IV – formed by Guy McKnight,who some of you will remember from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, deliver a sound cacophonous and epic, with powerful soundscapes as standard; hear more on the debut album New Age Paranoia, which hit the racks in June.

Brighton’s Opus Kink will top the Myriad Stage, with a blend of punk, jazz, sickly folk and rough country music which has made them something of a unique prospect on the current scene.

Yaang promise they are powered by the rocketfuel combo of pulsating drum loops, clangorous guitars and a wicked sense of humour, and the Manchester bunch will be jostling for position on the Multitude billing with others including indierock trio Ciel formed in the land of seagulls (aka Brighton), who combine elements of fuzzy indie rock, goth, and shoegaze.

Sunny Gym’s members are spread between Northampton, London and Manchester, but the productivity isn’t being hampered any. The band, whose influences include Neil Young, Yuck and Big Thief, cut loose their debut EP back in February, and Scottish proposition Yamma finds inspiration from the malevolent power structures within an exhausted musical landscape.

It’s a mammoth bill of brilliance. How much can you take?