Well we’re well and truly into summertime now, and as such our last few weeks have been quite summerlicious. Clockwork Noise now have two festivals under our belt, and it’s definitely something we could get used to.

First was our trip to Sligo for NPLD. Mike & Chris decided to get into the spirit of things, and headed up on Saturday night to join in the party, while the rest of us hit the road in the early hours of Sunday morning- arriving up to picture perfect festival weather. We managed to catch fellow Wicklow-ites Bocs Social playing the Dome, and were shocked that we’d never run into them before (you should check em out, they’re awesome). After a quick costume change (twas fancy dress, you know), we set up and played our set, which was well received enough to warrant our first ever encore- something we happily delivered, despite the fact that I was close to passing out with the heat (costume tip: three-piece suits do not suit festival weather).

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