What’s rarer than a Bank Holiday heatwave? A Slam Dunk lineup this scorching. Slam Dunk South might have seen temperatures high enough to make us regret wearing our black scene gear for our day out, but it would turn into a day of revelations: acts we’d relegated to the sidelines of our listening coming into their own, old favourites undergoing reinventions, and festival debuts from some of the finest bands we’ve been waiting impatiently to catch live. For one day, we got to live the metaphorical Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous, surrounded by a wealth of top-tier music, and it was worth every patch of sunburn.
Words: Kate Allvey // Photos: Paul Lyme, Penny Bennett​
Call Me Amour​
Glittery shirts and a whole lot of love for Call Me Amour kicks off the day, along with what must be the inaugural circle pit. It’s their first time playing any festival at all, and judging by the way ‘Bloom’ gently flowers into a chorus as pretty as its namesake, it won’t be their...
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