Have you ever seen people dancing to folk pop holding cans of beer in a church aisle? Oh hey, Great Escape.
I really am quite fond of folk-pop lads (think Arcade Fire, Hey Rosetta!) Eliza and the Bear, so much that I popped along to both of their shows at TGE. The first held in the ever so pitch black, Haunt, where I caught Friends last year and Kyla la Grange the year before. Later on in the Saturday evening I headed up towards Kemp Town into the church I saw Jethro Fox at last year, St Mary's. A stunning venue with the perfect light and atmosphere, it is my favourite venue at The Great Escape. Seeing a flash type mob erupt in the church aisles during Eliza and the Bear's set, I felt like I was in an Orange advert, but with really really good music. Check out the stunning, Upon the North, below.
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