Excitement builds as new acts are announced for the second coming of Underage Festival. The world's first incarnation of the Underage festival in 2007 was an unprecedented summer sensation and this year's line up is bigger and bolder.
Boasting an already impressive bill, the addition of The Maccabees promises to bring that bouncing, brash and befuddled blend of quirky, upbeat, pop / punk art rocker sound that the band have become so famous for.Miles Cain takes a break from his new project with Alex 'Arctic Monkeys' Turner, The Last Shadow Puppets to head up his own band The Rascals, Liverpool's favourite four piece who have been making waves with their beautiful pop melodies interspersed with a psychedelic quirk and underlying dark soul. Having learnt their craft from touring with bands like The Coral, The Zutons and the Arctic Monkeys, these fellas have certainly been keeping the right company.
Four Tet ( Aka Kieran Hebden) adds a new dimension of sound to the festival with his overtly unique music that has been described as 'Folk Music made by machines'. A true child of the computer generation and bona fide electronic superstar, his disparate, disjointed and almost indescribable sound is a truly wonderful addition to underage 2008.
The final new addition to this years Underage festival, and potentially the most apt band to play the festival yet, Care Bears on Fire grace the stage with their underage kid punk rock. The New York trio (better known as Sophie, Izzy and Lucio) age between 12 and 14 and have been playing music together since the 4th grade when a practice session turned food fight saw a gummy bear melting onto a live wire of a fender amp, 'we were visited by the spectre of a giant care bear who told us to go forth and rock'. The band who have single handedly been holding down the fort on kid rock stateside are set to show the underage kids that kids really can rock.
And finally on the live front, The Underage Festival's myspace favourite band Pull In Emergency play and upbeat set of thrilling melodious guitar pop.
Playing across the other stages are leading lights of the UK's alternative music scene including headliners Gallows / Foals / The Horrors and supporting cast, Bonde De Role / Bombay Bicycle Club / Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds / Count And Sinden / Florence And The Machine / Fryars / Ipso Factor / Operator Please / Poppy And The Jezebels / Scum / Sons And Daughters / Team Waterpolo / The Rifles / Those Dancing Days / Wild Beasts / XX Teens
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