This year sees LeeFest take on the Neverland theme, transporting festival goers to mythical, fantastical and dreamlike realms. Growing out of Lee Danny’s rebellious teenage garden party, the festival is – ten years later – steeped in musical history, having provided platforms for some of the biggest artists across a multitude of genres.
This year, as well as headliners Lianne La Havas, Circa Waves and Ghostpoet, the Skull Ridge – one of three distinct creative zones – welcomes the likes of Dinosaur Pile-Up, Tuff Love, Queen Kwong, as well as noisy-pop outfit and Alcopop! Records signees, Get Inuit. Inspired by their imminent surroundings, we asked the Kent four-piece to tell us the songs they couldn’t head off to Neverland without. The results are pretty varied, going some way to explain Get Inuit’s excitingly distinctive sound.
LeeFest Presents: The Neverland will take place from the 28th to the 30th July at John Darlings Farm in Kent.
James – Guitar
Radiohead – ‘Paranoid Android’
It’s like a Radiohead best of in one song.
Nine Inch Nails – ‘Wish’
Probably the most aggressive guitar riff ever.
Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
Perfect pop.
Jamie – Vocals / Guitar
Kidsmoke -‘ Cut Yourself Loose’
It’s the best song I’ve heard all year and it’s stuck in my head as a default.
A-Ha – ‘Take On Me’
One of the most perfect arrangements, impossible not to sing along to even 30 years on!
Weezer – ‘Pink Triangle’
I thought I’d pick my favourite Weezer song because people say we sound like them innit.
Oliver – Bass
Pup – ‘Doubts’
The verses really resonate with me, they hit home. Also the chorus is crazy catchy. Also, PUP rule as musicians and humans.
blink-182 – ‘Feeling This’
I was introduced to blink when I was around 12 by my best pal. The untitled album had dropped the year prior. This was my go-to song throughout my teenage years, I’d always come out of listening to it feeling positive. I feel it’s the song Mark and Tom worked best together on.
Travis Barker & Yelawolf – ‘Funky Shit’
Yelawolf’s flow on this kills. He continues to seamlessly fuse hip hop and rock music. ‘Love Story’ was only beaten to my favourite album of 2015 by The Front Bottoms ‘Back on Top’.
Rob – Drums
Nirvana – ‘Drain You’
The drums man. The drums. And those harmonies on the end of each line in the verse. Come on. Have a word.
Wavves – ‘Idiot’
I saw them live at Electric Ballroom last year and this song was just chaos throughout the whole thing and I haven’t stopped listening to it since.
Little Comets – ‘Jennifer’
The intro guitar riff never gets old, and then the chorus hits. The perfect summer melody. Plus it contains the word ‘taciturn’ in a pop chorus which I didn’t even know was a word.
LeeFest Presents: The Neverland will take place from the 28th to the 30th July at John Darlings Farm in Kent.