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Swashbuckler wrote: »

Yeah the app is a godsend. The large font helps at 2am in the morning with blurry vision and the clash icon jumping out at you. Cheers Pablo.

You are both most welcome.

I guess if you have clashes at 2am, you're doing it right

Ok so a few thoughts now I've mostly decompressed.

Most anticipated on the undercard:
Glass Animals
What a juicy set this was. They now have two very good albums to play from with very little filler and this was a groovy, bouncy set. In retrospect I cannot believe they played twice in 2014 and I missed them both. Glass Animals in B&S, what a match made in heaven that was!

Most anticipated Headliner:
LCD Soundsystem
Phenomenal. Something I honestly never thought I'd get a chance to see so that was really special. Someone Great brought a tear to the eye. A few friends were left slightly underwhelmed but I think it was more down to a perceived lack of energy/enthusiasm.

Surprise
New Order
Really didn't have any great expectations for this. I'm well aware who they are and I know a few tunes but this set just blew me away. In fairness I was coming up and in a particularly good place at the time, but I had tears in my eyes and a smile on my face. To close with Love Will Tear Us Apart was the icing on the cake.

Finally
Big shout goes to Bell X1. As a 33 year old lad from the south east of England (probably not their target demographic!), I'd never even heard of Bell X1 until 4 years ago. They quickly became a favourite and I'd been waiting to see them ever since. All the folk around me seemed to be loving it and I thought Paul and co put on a great show. With my many promises to leave these shores in favour of Ireland...I Am The Great Defector!

Edit: one last final mention has to go to my Irish friends. This is my third picnic having first gone in '14 and I can honestly say that for me it is the people you are with who make it. I've been with the same core group every time and they're the soundest bastards I've ever met. The festival is amazing and I hope to keep coming back every year, but I couldn't do it without them.

everlast75 wrote: »

As for song of the festival, I enjoyed performances of songs from bands who I already knew very well.

But this song is one that stood out in the spotify playlist and was banged out with gusto, and I think its class and the performance of it was too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87zvcCAcY68

As I was walking past Rankins Wood en route to Jack Garratt in the EA i heard the bounce of Joey's Hazeus View. I can't post a link here but it's an absolute beauty. What ensued was an emotional tug of war. Friends or Bada$$.
I went with friends...

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

did anyone here check out Adam Beyer's set? I wasn't at the picnic this year but from some of the clips I've seen on youtube it looked fantastic, a bit like Hawtin's set a few years back.

Yeah was decent, nice flow but very predictable and not adventurous as pickpocket said.

Daniel Avery was sensational - highlight of the techno front in my opinion

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ7-O10g2LH/

sadie06 wrote: »

It seems like most of the long reports are in, so before this thread dies, would anyone like to share their song of the festival?

New Order - Your Silent Face

Nobody asked but here's my SOTF for all the other EPs I went to. I define it as the song on repeat on the drive home.

[2010] Robyn - Dancing On My Own
[2012] Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (he was in Casa Bacardi)
[2014] Rustie - Attak
[2015] Le Galaxie - Put The Chain On

Song of the festival:

Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell

scruff monkey wrote: »

Time to can this thread, tickets for next year sorted.

ciao

Not till Bodhrandude's blog review link is up which I'm starting tonight. Was reading reviews of Festival No 6 and End of the Road and it seems they all got very similar weather to EP this year, EOTR had the same unblemished record for good weather that EP had for the last five years or so they are saying in the efestivals forum anyway.

It is funny. Most reviews on here of the EP weekend not long after the Sunday night closes tend to be more negative while as the week goes on (from Tuesday onwards) ....reviews get more and more positive and more reasoned. I notice this every year in the week after the Picnic
Maybe it is "the fear" or something!!
I wondered myself on Monday whether I still loved EP (in comparison to the past) but I had my ticket bought at 9.01am this morning and I am already super excited for next year. Wouldn't miss for anything.
This 2016 thread has been great. I'm sure nearly all the same heads will be chatting over on 2017.
See ya over there (mostly from middle of next summer onwards!)

PerryGroves7 wrote:

Listen, it's a fantastic weekend which ever way you slice it. Things get more expensive and it will cater to different tastes year after year, but if you can't have a good time there then you're doing it wrong.

This.

I have to say I was slightly sceptical with the lineup a month or so in advance but based on some great recommendations on here and from my brother in law, and some research it turned out to be a phenomenal weekend as always. Even irrespective of the music, the people you're with make it.

Synode wrote: »

Definitely think the 2016 thread was more moany than 2015 though. Why, I don't know

poor line up?

Bowlardo wrote: »

Synode wrote: »

Definitely think the 2016 thread was more moany than 2015 though. Why, I don't know

poor line up?

Comparatively yes. But the trouble is it becomes a pissing contest. Festivals are already so "trendy" that its a case of who's got the best lineup. It's a brand thing almost. Glasto/coachella/etc etc.

But when you actually drop in and "just do it", how many amazing acts did you miss this weekend? I know I could have done three festivals with the amount of good music I missed.

With a little research and imagination, it's all good.

everlast75 wrote: »

it was more moany as the organisers acted the a holes by delaying the announcements

100% agree with this. I thought they "played us" this year and it didn't sit very well.
If they think they're cleverer than they are, it'll come back to bite them.
I really hope they don't get it wrong.