Herra Hidro have been around longer than any other leicester band we can think of. Formed as three mates from school they’ve continued with the attitude that this is what they love doing, so why would the stop? Last year they released the brilliant ‘High Command’ EP through Robot Needs Home and continue to turn out some of the most exciting songs the city has to offer.
Headlining the Friday of this years White Noise are Speaking in Italics, who’s members have been front and centre of the city’s punk scene for a decade, evolving in to the furious four piece they are now. Delicately melodic but always with an incisive riff on hand to knock you off your feet.
These Furrows have played Reading and Leeds, toured the UK with The Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Maybeshewill (Not simultaneously) and released some exceptional singles over the last three years. They’ve played almost every White Noise Festival with good reason. Their long, long awaited debut album is due to be released later this year.
It’s with heavy hearts that we have to inform you that both Diet Pills and Mess Yourself have had to pull out of this years event. Diet Pills have split up, which was a terrible piece of news to wake up to this morning, but we with them all individually the best for the future.
The re-organised line-up for Thursday will be announced very soon.
By The Rivers have totally taken the city by storm in their short but intense existence so far. Having supported The Specials on their UK arena tour last year they’ve played in front of thousands and are just starting to take on Europe. Their debut album is in the works, with a single due imminently.
The band play a special acoustic set to top of the final day of White Noise Festival.
Codex Leicester’s Scott West and Kris Tearse’s former band Death of London formed White Noise Festival with their long time friends Maybeshewill five years ago, before they exploded in to their current incarnation, Codex Leicester. Comprised of veterans of the city’s music scene with an unrivalled pedigree, they’re named after Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous writings. They released their EP ‘Mad Man’s Lullaby’ earlier this year on Function Records.
Over the course of the next month we’re going to focus on some of the acts playing this years White Noise. We’re going to start with founding Curators Maybeshewill and work our way through some of the remaining line-up each week.
Maybeshewill are ostensibly an instrumental band, although their music is littered with vocals (of sorts). They’ve released three albums and countless singles and EPs and toured tirelessly over the last five years across the UK, Europe and Asia. Last year saw the release of their critically acclaimed third album ‘I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone’ and saw them play to sell-out crowds as far afield as London, Moscow, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Madrid and Rome.
Despite this success around the world, their focus is never far from their home city, as founding curators of White Noise Festival and the Robot Needs Home Collective, both of which aim to help build Leicester’s incredible music scene.
Website: Maybeshewill.net | Facebook: Facebook.com/Mybshwll
We’ve just placed our order for this years White Noise T-Shirts. The designs have the NEW festival logo on the front, and the full line-up on the back. All profits from T-Shirts sold go towards the festival’s chosen charities and they’ll be available online soon and from the festival itself.
This year White Noise Festival will take place over Jubilee weekend and will last for a full five days from May 31st to June 4th. This year also marks the 5th anniversary of the festival.
This year the event is curated and headlined by Diet Pills, Speaking In Italics, Maybeshewill, Codex Leicester and By The Rivers (acoustic).
Also confirmed to play are the following acts
THURSDAY 31ST MAY
Diet Pills
Mangle
Mess Yourself
Meatpacker
FRIDAY 1ST JUNE
Speaking In Italics
Surrender the Coast
Atlantis
Muletta Smiles
+ More TBC
SATURDAY 2ND JUNE
Maybeshewill
These Furrows
Herra Hidro
&U&I
Sisterland
You Slut
Haus
Laser Beast
SUNDAY 3RD JUNE
Codex Leicester
Dark Dark Horse
We Three and the Death Rattle
Wayter
Club of Rome
Parliament of Bats
Logfox
Fisters
MONDAY 4TH JUNE
By The Rivers (Acoustic)
Little Night Terrors
Special Guests TBC
Joel Owen and the Antoine Band
Preacher and the Bear
Muted Fnord
The Demons of Ruby Mae
The Ramshackle Parade
Weekend wristbands will be available priced £10, with day tickets also on sale for £5 very shortly.
Along with a couple of aditions to the line-up, here are the stage times for Sundays White Noise Festival
FIREBUG (UPSTAIRS)
Buenos Aires – 22:00
Herra Hidro – 21:00
Some May Run – 20:00
Hey Nostradamus – 19:00
Laser Beast – 18:00
Mess Yourself – 17:00
FIREBUG (DOWNSTAIRS)
Her Name Is Calla – 22:30
Kyte – 21:30
Little Night Terrors – 20:30
I Am In Love – 19:30
Elizabeth Cornish – 18:30
Grace Petrie – 17:30
THE RED TENT
Peter Wyeth – 22:00
Daydream Club – 21:15
T E Morris – 20:30
Rosie Doyle – 19:45
Martin Luke Brown – 19:00
Mark Elliot – 18:15
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