It’s the final day of Leicester’s Summer Sundae festival and it’s a biggie. Finally the weather comes good, and a sold-out day sees 6,000 people witness headliners Mumford and Sons in all their sing-along glory.
But first rejuvenated Swedish band Junip, fronted by Jose Gonzalez, bring a 70s Krautrock-with-acoustic-guitar vibe to the Main stage. With a set composed entirely of songs from their as-yet unreleased album Fields, some of their laidback but driving material understandably goes over the heads of the audience. ‘Without You’ has an insistent groove, with shimmering, hazy melodies, while ‘Chickens’ is reminiscent of Gonzalez’s work with Zero 7. It all bodes well for what could be one of the albums of the year on this evidence.