back to life, back to reality.

i touched down back on english soil yesterday afternoon after benicassim, possibly the best holiday of all my nineteen years (sorry jake). physically exhausting and financially devastating it may have been, but even hurricanes and bush fires didn't manage to dampen our spirits as we were treated to some of the best live performances i've seen to date. 

oasis were predictably epic. really tough call between their set of swaggering singalong bangers and blur's glasto performance. 2manydjs played a pretty much identical set to their glasto one, except this time it was on benicassim's main stage, so that was pretty insane. lykke li was my surprise favourite of the week though, if only for the moment she broke into can i kick it by a tribe called quest, one of my favourite hip hop tracks of all time. i went fucking sick.

other highlights included aeroplane, birdy nam nam, naive new beaters and no reply.

returning to preston life is a pretty daunting prospect after 2 weeks of unbridled fun and sun, but helping ease me back to normality will be the bear around your neck, a two-piece folk outfit from garstang, near preston. anyone in the area tonight should get down to bitter suite in preston to witness their hypnotic blend of acoustic twiddles and enchanting, harmonic vocals. i love how their songs all have a really natural feel to them, and they make me want to take up residence in my treehouse.

their new ep no eyed deer is streaming over on the sticks and stones blog. also check out their myspace for more material.