Sun 21 Feb – Soundwave 2010
Its always a tricky scenario when one of your favourite bands is one of the first of the day at a festival. In this case it was Sunny Day Real Estate who were starting at 12.30pm. Leave the city at 10.30am? – that should give us plenty of time… NOT. Once we hit the motorway approach to the exit the traffic slowed to a halt spreading fear and apprehension in these SDRE hearts. A few quick manoeuvres and a side street saw us parking with 20 minutes to get to the venue and to the stage. There is nothing like a 2km sprint in searing heat to get you into the festival spirit. We made it though, with minutes to spare and were given a fantastic ‘best of’ set from SDRE. Guitarist Dan Hoerner was all grins while Jeremy Enigk gave his all, neck veins bulging – what a start to the day.
We bailed out of their set with 2 songs remaining to hike across the rolling Eastern Creek hills to the farthest stage to catch the tail end of Gallows‘ set. …
Its always a tricky scenario when one of your favourite bands is one of the first of the day at a festival. In this case it was Sunny Day Real Estate who were starting at 12.30pm. Leave the city at 10.30am? – that should give us plenty of time… NOT. Once we hit the motorway approach to the exit the traffic slowed to a halt spreading fear and apprehension in these SDRE hearts. A few quick manoeuvres and a side street saw us parking with 20 minutes to get to the venue and to the stage. There is nothing like a 2km sprint in searing heat to get you into the festival spirit. We made it though, with minutes to spare and were given a fantastic ‘best of’ set from SDRE. Guitarist Dan Hoerner was all grins while Jeremy Enigk gave his all, neck veins bulging – what a start to the day.
We bailed out of their set with 2 songs remaining to hike across the rolling Eastern Creek hills to the farthest stage to catch the tail end of Gallows‘ set. …
