Festivals The Mysterines: “We’re definitely looking forward to playing our new stuff back home”

A lot of old drinking habits that I thought had finally been securely confined to the grave during lockdown. Alas something called live music and festivals started again and here we are with our Alka Seltzers and empty bank accounts. Haha, here’s to 2021, gigs and Stella Artois.

I think it’s actually part of the camaraderie of live music returning that we are all naively throwing ourselves into something that was once familiar but feels slightly alien now - both for the musicians and the audience. I wouldn’t be surprised if people have some of their best live moments happen due to this.

We’ve had the pleasure of already playing some festivals this summer, Boardmasters being one of them and it’s funny because we’ve all literally just come out of one of the most distressing, impactful and important moments of our lifetime, that will be written into history forever, but you’ll still be given 6 warm beers on a rider. Even the apocalypse isn’t getting rid of that fact and I can’t deny that it (ironically) put a smile on my face..

We’re definitely looking forward to playing all our new stuff back home… and watching everyone slowly leave.

Lanterns on The Lake have some great songs that I love, The Murder Capital, The Snuts will be great to catch too.

A lot of the coolest, off the beaten track places are actually on the Wirral, it’s sort of what the Wirral is best at, which is why me and George [Favager, bass] look like we’ve stepped out of 2004. There’s actually a pub in town that I love called The Swan, pretty otherworldly for reasons that you can only witness with your own eyes. Highly recommended.

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