Adam O’Regan
Soda Blonde

The first festival we ever played was Electric Picnic, in 2009, with Little Green Cars. We were very excited. I remember being so enamoured by the sound there. There’s nothing to compare with that sound-system, with a big subwoofer. We’d never experienced a stage that sounded like that. And to hear the drums coming back at you – it was really brilliant.

A festival slot is very different from a venue gig because you don’t have the luxury to get comfortable on-stage. You get up there quickly, do the changeover and then just fire into it. There’s a sense of danger that’s actually positive, if you can feed off of it in the right way – it teaches you to be adaptable, to be able to roll with whatever comes at you.

Soda Blonde play Beyond The Pale and more this summer.

Soda Blonde. Copyright Trevor McGrath.

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