Forget the forecast: Young Fathers set to “bring the thunder and darkness” to Glasto 2015

Young Fathers are never ones to be shy when it comes to their performances and, after appearing at the Glastonbury weekender last year for two sets, they’ve been invited back for more.

“The second, non-publicised show at the Greenpeace tent was fun,” the band offer up, thinking back to their time at the festival. “Kind of what you expect from the good side of Glastonbury, which is otherwise a strange tension between tourbus egos, a thinning hippy ethos, sound meters, farms, shit and the BBC.”

Having released their second album ‘White Men Are Black Men Too’ just a handful of months ago now, you might be mistaken for wondering how the new songs are working alongside their older material. Needless to say, the trio aren’t concerned. “They fit,” they assure. “As if they’re made for live - they weren’t. The reactions are ecstatic, of course.”

As for the set itself, what’s due to unfold this time around, however, might be a little darker than the regular Glasto punter is equipped to handle in the middle of the day.

“It’s good to go back to a place where there are some genuine music fans,” they continue. “Unfortunately, it will be in the blazing sunshine of a late afternoon so the voodoo will need to be delicately massaged in order to bring the thunder and darkness. By ‘delicately massaged’, we mean by screaming technology and bass frequencies normally felt beneath the earth’s crust. If they let us.”