Festival News: Wide Awake - Another wave of talent joins the bill for London’s most distinctive day festival
Wide Awake Festival, the counter cultural celebration set in Brockwell Park, has established itself as one of London’s most forward-thinking and well-curated festivals in recent years. Today they announce a new batch of exciting additions to their 2024 lineup, including some of the best up-and-coming and established leftfield talent around, as well as a host of politically-informed panels and workshops.
The lineup for Brockwell on Saturday 25th May continues to become ever more eclectic, with new announcements including electrifying South Londoners Fat Dog, who have caused a stir across the city with their chaotic live shows, and queer avant gardist Lynks, described as a “horror-drag pop star” by The Guardian.
Also new to the bill are New Orleans DIY heroes Special Interest, Texas-based multi-instrumentalists Being Dead, and experimental psych quartet Plantoid.
Bess Atwell unveils the final preview single ‘Something Now’ ahead of new album ‘Light Sleeper’.
Lizzy Farrall releases a new shapeshifting single, ‘MadHotel’ welcoming us to a new world of self-destruction and coping mechanisms.
Canadian singer-songwriter Ruby Waters is intoxicatingly sweet in new single “Sour Patch,” ahead of her upcoming album What’s The Point.
‘A Dream Is All We Know’ is the newest record from The Lemon Twigs, a quintessential peek into the bands talent and tenacity they’re just dying to give the world the pleasure of hearing.
Corella have solidified their craft to deliver an anthemic, boisterous, and attention-grabbing debut.
London band Black Market Karma slide their way onto the nostalgic 60s psychedelia pop scene with new release Oozer.
Frank Turner shows no signs of slowing down with his epic tenth album, ‘Undefeated’, which is sure to wow listeners.
A sneak peak of their album set to come later this year, the new single from Ezra Collective shows everyone just why this quintet are all people can talk about.
Compelling and heartfelt, Eden Rain’s latest single ‘Great Nothing’ is a continuation of the deeply relatable and emotive song-writing that we have come to love from the artist.
French Cassettes roll on down the highway on a ‘Megabus’, aptly also the title of their latest single release! The single is due to be featured on the band’s upcoming album ‘Benzene’ which is out on the 7th of June via Tender Loving Empire.
Pearl Charles’ latest single, ‘Smoke In The Limousine’, is an achingly beautiful and cinematic track that is led by acoustic guitar strings and Pearl’s dreamlike vocals.