SYD FOR SOLEN
Step into the forest and find yourself cradled between the trees of the beautiful surroundings of søndermarken , Copenhagen, for the latest music festival to hit our shores. we don't give a s**t about waiting for a couple of years for festivals to return,
as it felt like we were never away from the moment we saw baLding men lying on their backs IN a beer drenched t-shirt, sprawled across the meadow floor, to the screaming faces of adoring fans, clinging on to their ciders and schnapps and cheering on their idols in a field, hidden from the normal world as people roam the site to maraud... or at least to see some of the best acts from across the globe!
A 'SWEET AS F**k line-up was announced for the very first Syd for solen with acts including uk bands/artists, foals, LIAM GALLAGHER, SLOWTHAI AND GOA EXPRESS, BUT WITH A SCRUMPTIOUS INTERNATIONAL MIX OF BANDS FROM THE US AND DENMARK (TO NAME A FEW) INCLUDING THE NATIONAL, VELVET VOLUME, PRISMA AND JUNGLE!
LIAM GALLAGHER BELTED OUT SONGS FROM NEWLY RELEASED ALBUM, C'MON YOU KNOW AND SHOVED THEM IN A COCKTAIL MIXER AND SHOOK EM UP WITH OLD OASIS HITS TO GET THE ADORING FANS SALIVATING AT THE MOUTH. THE CROWD WERE ALREADY BUZZIN' FROM A LARGER THAN LIFE SET FROM UK BAND, FOALS, KICKING OUT HITS INCLUDING 'MY NUMBER' AND 'INHALER' AND IT WAS HARD TO SIT ON YOUR ASS AND WAIT FOR A MAGIC MOMENT... THEY WERE ALL AROUND US!
SLOWDIVE BROUGHT THEIR USUAL ACID INSPIRED SHOEGAZE TUNES TO THE EXPANDED MINDS OF THE AUDIENCE THROUGH 'WHEN THE SUN HITS' AND FIRST AID KIT DELIVERED A BLISTERING SET WHICH 'MY SILVER LINING' ECHOED THROUGH THE TREES TOPS LIKE A HOWLING WOLF. BASICALLY, IT WAS F***ING LOVELY.
THE FESTIVAL SETS ITS SIGHTS ON MIXING BETWEEN THE OTHER DANISH MUSIC FESTIVALS INCLUDING 'ROSKILDE' AND 'TINDERBOX' BUT THIS ISN'T A FESTIVAL FOR 50,000 18YR OLDS, PISSING UP AGAINST THE TREES AND SPOILING THE AMBIENCE OF THE FESTIVAL. THIS FESTIVAL STANDS ALONE AS A CAPITAL CITY FESTIVAL THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE OUT IN THE WILDERNESS ON SOME KIND OF PADDLE BOAT, SLOWLY DRIFTING DOWN A MUSICAL STREAM WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD.
THE STAFF, THE SECURITY, THE EASY-ACCESS BARS SERVING UP LOCAL ALES AND THE DIVERSE MIX OF FOOD FROM INDIA TO MEXICO, MAKE THIS FESTIVAL ONE TO BE CONSIDERED IF YOU LIKE EVERYTHING DONE WITH EASE.
SCREW QUEUING FOR HOURS TO GET SERVED AT THE MASSIVE FESTIVALS AND MISS HALF THE BANDS BECAUSE YOU GET TOO DRUNK YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH DIRECTION IT WAS TO THE NEXT BAND. COME TO THIS LOVINGLY FRIENDLY HOME FROM HOME AND MIX AMONGST PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO LIVE LIFE IN THE MIDDLE LANE... BUT DO IT WITH STYLE!
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF 'SYD FOR SOLEN'. GREAT FESTIVAL!
