Hot Box Chelmsford, 28 Feb 2025
"American influences with British hearts" - Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1
VIGILANTES
Carl Barat (Libertines), Mike Skinner (The Streets) and Gordon Raphael (The Strokes) are fans...Vigilantes were chosen to be part of the unique festival experience of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in isolation and on top of that, Mike Skinner a.k.a The Streets selected them to be one of his picks from the BBC Introducing uploader.
Championed by BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart, Vigilantes are continuing the British tradition of taking American sounds and stuffing it with classic British tone. They do it so well that they have been placed on Radio 1's Best Of BBC Introducing playlist and had repeat airtime on Amazing Radio and Radio X to boot. Noted by Fresh on the Net’s Tom Robinson as ‘on a mission’, Vigilantes are known as one of the hardest working live bands in the UK circuit by putting every fragment of energy into live performance. Due to this, Vigilantes have deservedly shared stages with the likes of Circa Waves, Carl Barat and Fickle Friends.
For fans of: The National, War on Drugs and Sam Fender
LONGY
Hailing from Essex and describing his own music as “Gospel-trash", Longy is an artist and producer that puts story-telling and making raw, sound like it’s directly heading for the gut.
With last years release ‘iMerica’ taking a look at our modern world, we now move onto 2025 where a new EP emerges ‘Ladies & Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters’ tackling inner growth and learning to adapt to a earth that seems to be imploding.
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