So a week has passed since Swn, enough time to rid the body of the toxins that accumulated that particular weekend, allowing a report on the events free from fatigue and general fogginess.
Swn was a rather wonderful event this year indeed. The week long festivities began with a somewhat downbeat party pre-emptiving the weekend in Cardiff Arts Institute featuring the pseudo-Disco of Toro Y Moi, a suitably danceable segue, ushering in the festival mood.
Toro Y Moi; suitably psycadelic
The following day, for those who were able to make it, was Yeasayer. One of the bigger names to grace Cardiff this year thanks to the promoting pull of the Swn conglomerate, Yeasayer were a powerhouse to contend with. Check out the next issue of quench for an interview with Yeasayer themselves.
Swn, as you can well imagine was a wondrous thing to behold. Sauntering around Cardiff 
Egyptian Hip Hop; suitably sullen
With even the best will in the world, it is an impossibility to see every band that sounds tempting. A full breakdown of the highlights, and lowlights (that’s you Egyptian Hip Hop) of the weekend will be in the 101st issue of Quench. Wow, we’re starting to get old!
As if that wasn’t enough, last Sunday I was lucky enough to see British Sea Power at The Globe. Keeping in fine style with The Globes recent near fatality (well done to all those who rallied to save it from going the way of the dinosaur), British Sea Power were a smorgasbord of English eccentricity and Indie energy. Working their way through a selection of their bigger hits and material from their forthcoming Valhalla Dancehall, BSP continue to prove that they are a band of extreme importance on the British music scene, articulating an earnestness that could only come from the heart of England (or Brighton ).
