Rock Sound

As 2000trees returns to Upcote Farm for another year, the headliners take us through what it means to be a part of such a special festival and what the future holds. NECK DEEP How does it feel to be headlining a festival in the UK, let alone one like 2000trees? It feels like the perfect thing for Neck Deep to be doing right now. Ben Barlow: It’s one of those where we’ve played it once before and had a good time, and just know it’s a good vibe.

After releasing two albums this year, Converge have revealed that they are going to be bringing them to the UK and Europe for a tour this Autumn. The band released ‘Love Is Not Enough’ back in February, and followed it up with ‘Hum of Hurt’ in June, and just absolutely decimated Outbreak Fest in Manchester last month. Now, they are making their way around the continent in style with some pretty exceptional bands in tow.

Jawdropped have announced the details of the first big step in their guaranteed ascent to the top, revealing everything you need to know about their debut album. The record is set to be called ‘Secret To Spare’ and will be released on 18 September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band’s own Roman Zangari had this to say about what inspired him whilst writing the album: I’m always writing based off of things that I hear, or something that happened to a friend.

When it comes to not just being a breeding ground but also a proving ground for young alternative talent, there are few places as vibrant, varied and visceral as the UK. The infrastructure, from grassroots support all the way through to the festival stages, where dreams are realised and dispatched, the opportunity for a band to ignite the spark that kickstarts a whole fire inside of them has never been more possible and direct.

Hanabie. are back with a new banger, set to be the opening theme for new anime ‘Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games’. Titled ‘Life Is Short, O Brave Girl’, it’s a breathless piece of glitter-speckled metalcore genius. Crossing boundaries with a fearlessness and ferocity, it jumps between kawaii exploration and rollicking heaviness with the flick of a wrist. It’s a story in its own right, which is what makes it perfect to be the soundtrack to something as vibrant as an anime.

Don Broco have added even more shows to their already stacked ‘Nightmare Tripping’ UK tour later this year. The band are fresh off supporting Biffy Clyro at their massive Finsbury Park show last week, and are preparing for a last minute headline slot at 2000trees, replacing Alkaline Trio. So with the wind firmly in their sale, they have stuck five more shows into their Autumn headline run, where support will be coming from Unpeople and Ando San. Hell of a line-up.

Chat Pile have shared a new track, set to appear on their upcoming full-length ‘Who Loves The Sun’, and it is absolutely disgusting in all the finest ways. Brilliantly titled ‘PEN I S MALL’ (make of it whatever you wish), it is a track pulled straight from the swamp. A contorting, blisterted, belligerant piece of industrially reinforced hardcore that feels like the Earth being scorched right before your eyes.

Green Day have shared a new track taken from the soundtrack of their upcoming coming-of-age movie NIMRODS, and it is rock and roll in its purest form. The track is called ‘I’m Never Gonna RIP’ and finds the trio channelling the greats of yesterday through their timeless punk sound. Full of swing, soul and sentiment, it brings the very root of rock and roll flying into the modern day in style.

Liverpool’s No Play Festival has just got that little bit bigger, with some of the finest UK talent joining the party. A little bit of everything is set to make their mark across Liverpool City Centre on September 05, taking over five venues. The latest additions are Dream State, Love Rarely, Crowquill, So Far So Good, Without Love, Vienna, Breakfast with Bears, Bye Bye, Omoia, Horsebastard, Syntara and Face It Tega.

Karen Dió has revealed she is going to be playing a handful of shows in support of her upcoming new EP ‘Fugaz’. The EP is set for release on August 21, and the tour will be making its way around the country in September. So a few weeks to get stuck in, learn the words, and prepare yourself for a shift. Because these are going to be hot, sweaty and wild.