VASA – Heroics (2020)
As the adage goes, ‘you work hard, you play hard’. Sure, a tad confusing when applied to music....
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EXCLUSIVE // Watch Vasa’s video for their brand new single ‘Heroics’
How great it is to watch a band grow. I first heard instrumental rock quartet Vasa back in 2012, an off-the-cuff discovery I made from trawling the deep troughs of Bandcamp. Never Have Dreams had this powerful, monolithic sound, exactly what I needed at that time in my life. No vocals; just instruments bellowing out the narrative.
NEWS // Reckoner Festival (UK) Announces First Wave Of Bands
Masterminded by the combined forces of northern promoters MADE: PRESENTS and the infamous John Niblock of Black Sheep, the latest addition to the scene is the incredibly exciting Reckoner Festival, a Sheffield all-dayer in October, boasting a seriously, seriously immense lineup.
FOCUS // When In Rome: A Memoir On The Colossal Weekend Festival In Copenhagen
"Let me start by saying I don’t fucking like reading show or festival reviews, I only maybe read 4 or 5 in my whole life. Unless you live in a place extremely secluded (Himalayas, Puerto Rico, anywhere past zone 6 in London) I think they are mainly obsolete". Vlad Matveikov of Small Pond relives his weekend in Denmark as part of the Colossal Weekend festival...
GALLERY // Axes, Shitwife and Vasa @ The Borderline, London
Photos by Paul Sutherland.
