DIS VENN

Drowned In Sound review Bristol's Venn Festival that i went to just over a week ago. scroll down to read my very short, badly written review if you missed it.

woo hoo! read their review of Safetyword..

"Safetyword are the perfect festival opening act – one about which no expectations are harboured, making what is an excellent set even more so through sheer surprise. I expect some sound-a-like minimalist art-punk, I get the total opposite – imaginative, cluttered, heart-warming music. Perhaps we could dub it maximalism: the ultimate brew of all your favourite bands, ever. Such sonic adventures don’t hit the mark every time, but Safetyword never fall totally flat. Three-part sherbet sweet harmonies over the top of math-rock guitars. Clattering drums, vocal breakdowns, sing-a-long chorus, teen angst, solemnity, silly humour, time changes, Zimbabwean influence. “Foot Oven” starts out sounding like Graceland era Paul Simon, turns to Foals style precision math-rock then switches into Futureheads-esque vocal delivery. A rainbow-coloured thunderbolt of unforeseen joy to open a festival that celebrates the eclectic and the exuberant."