![]() ![]() (Truthseeker) Looking Wet in Public by Palehorse There’s also that old adage about bad times delivering the best music, and there’s certainly no shortage of that this month either, so let’s get stuck in… This year however, you can bask in the sun’s rays and delay the onslaught of reality for a bit longer at London’s three-day grindcore extravaganza Chimpyfest, recent psychedelic retreat Supernormal, last weekend's metal booze-a-thon Bloodstock or Portuguese riff binge Amplifest, to name but a few. For example, global warming might be melting ice caps and stewing the planet on a timescale that makes Nails records feel as long as Tarantino films, but hey, at least it has prolonged festival season for a few weeks, eh?Īugust was traditionally a month reserved for recovering from heavy hitters like Hellfest and Download, staring at your bank balance in slack-jawed disbelief, and realising you were probably a bit hasty in cutting all the sleeves off your favourite t-shirts. So maybe it’s best to focus on the positives instead. Paralysed by choice, in fact – and fear, sadness, anxiety, blind ugly hatred and all the other laugh-a-minute emotions that come flooding in when faced with another month of bombings, political coups, violent unrest, rampant right-wing propaganda and hordes of glassy-eyed youths banging on your front door demanding to catch the virtual Pikachu that’s inexplicably taken up residence in your U-bend. One of the few positives about the deluge of misery recent events have rained down on us is that, when writing the obligatory downbeat “the end is nigh” style introduction for a metal column, you’re pretty much spoilt for choice.
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