'They're already calling it the New Austerity, and frankly you can see why. British Sea Power stride onstage at 6:30pm, clad in what looks like offcuts from the Bulgarian army of the late-'70s, determined to set the mood for the evening. Surrounded by thickets of foliage and a couple of stuffed herons, they succeed with ease.
All the bands on tonight's bill have one thing in common, and that's high seriousness. By sucking the marrow out of Joy Division, Magazine and The Psychedelic Furs, British Sea Power are already streets ahead in that department.
Singer Yan has the wild-eyed stare of a man who's seen the horror of modern life and wants it over with, while the rest of the band look like they're just happy to follow suit.
All of which makes for an entertaining (if reassuringly bleak) spectacle. 'Fear Of Drowning' and forthcoming single 'The Spirit Of St. Louis' are wonderfully stark and precise in their execution, while 'Remember Me' remains the best song Echo And The Bunnymen never wrote. NME wants to see them again....'
There were more pics but they were of the other bands