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Jungle aim for the stars with packed Glastonbury set
The crowds come out as Jungle prove themselves on the live stage.
Glastonbury is a place where bands can move up a level with the right performance. Click into the right groove and all of a sudden you’re heading for the stratosphere.
It’s not as if Jungle didn’t already have enough hype in their rocket packs, but that’s exactly what they did during their early afternoon set on the John Peel stage.
Speaking to DIY about their live shows as part of this month’s cover feature, Jungle’s Josh and Tom “didn’t want to let ourselves down by bringing samplers and just being producers” - “If someone bought a ticket to a Jungle show, we wouldn’t go and put a film on. Do you know what I mean? Fans are important. We’re new to having fans. It’s shocking that people do turn up to shows.”
And turn up they did. Concentrating on getting a slightly muddy but packed crowd moving, from singles ‘The Heat’ and ‘Busy Earnin’’ to new album cut ‘Julia’, pulling an audience so large without a full length out yet further marks them out yet again as quite possibly the most exciting new band around today.
That self titled album is set to drop on July 14th, recorded between the band’s own home studio in Shepherds Bush, London and the XL Recordings studio in nearby Ladbroke Grove.
With relatively little between stage banter, a closing “fucking hell” heading in to set closer ‘Platoon’ sums it up best. Not even Jungle can comprehend where this is heading now. Next stop, the stars.
Jungle played:
The Heat
Julia
Drops
Time
Busy Earnin’
Platoon
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