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Fort Rox Festival (continued
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British Sea Power are ‘curating’ this festival,
which means that they have chosen the bands that are supporting
them. This is a good thing. The main support band, The Duke
Spirit are a raw-edged indie band who have built themselves
a great word-of-mouth reputation leading to a number of Radio
1 and Virgin sessions and a critically-acclaimed album Cuts
Across the Land, which was released in the States this spring.
Singer Liela Moss is the focal point of the group, a tambourine
bashing lead singer with blonde hair and a thousand admirers:
she is backed by two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer.
Luke Ford provides backing vocals. The band are great favourites
of the NME, who gave them a rare 10/10 rating for their first
gig.
It doesn’t stop there. Also on the bill are The Research,
My Latest Novel, Charlottefield, Jacob’s Stories and
a band from the Lewes-based band factory Starfish. The Research,
from Wakefield, are an up-and-coming threesome notable for
their use of synthesiser in place of guitar. Scottish five-piece
My Latest Novel are really hot property, a melodious unit
who blend folk and pop using xylophones and violins, and have
supported the Pixies. Charlottefield are a grungy Brighton
foursome who rose from the ashes of Fatcat records; Jacob’s
Stories is highly-rated electronic indie stuff by singer-songwriter
Stuart Lee. Fort Rox promises to be a brilliant event: the
nearest Newhaven has come to rock cultdom is back in the days
of Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and they were from Peacehaven.
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