Festivals The Great Escape 2014: Girl Band: ‘It Promises To Be A Laugh’

We do like to go hang out at the seaside so luckily, DIY will once again be setting up camp next to Brighton Pier at this year’s Great Escape. In amongst the madness that is going to unfold across the town – where you can sample some (quite literally) hot-and-spicy delights from Kelis before heading off for some chest-beating, impassioned dancing lessons with Future Islands – we’ve grabbed Girl Band, who will be going head-to-head with Audio on the final night of the fest. If their reputation and recent live shows are anything to go by, you’re not going to want to miss this one…

“From the what I’ve heard it promises to be a laugh,” offers up frontman Dara Kiely, as the band gear up for their debut visit to the weekender. “We haven’t played The Great Escape yet so I don’t know what to expect, but Brighton is always fun. Al finishes his exams that day so it’ll be a celebratory night.”



Their performance comes just as the noise-makers release their brand new single for Record Store Day, ‘The Cha Cha Cha’. It is, however, set to be a bit of a different beast compared to their first single ‘Lawman’: “It shows a slightly different side of the band, I suppose. It’s a short, hardcore-y song. We have a few of them in the set. I really like the way the Beastie Boys have ‘Tough Guy’ after ‘Sure Shot’ on ‘Ill Communication’. It adds an extra dynamic and gives room to experiment with different genres and ideas.”

And never fear, The Great Escape won’t be your last opportunity to catch the full force of Girl Band; they’re also about to head out on their very own headline tour. “It’s gonna be our longest tour to date. It’ll be great to play Scotland for the first time. [We] can’t wait!”



Girl Band play the DIY Stage at 21.45, 10th May, Brighton Audio.