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Brainlove Festival 2013: Local Sports Team

John Rogers | Sunday 5 May, 2013 19:53

This week, SNIPE is looking at the musicians playing the Brainlove Festival, Saturday 11 May at the Windmill Brixton.

Now: Local Sports Team

1. Hello! Please introduce yourself to our readers. Who are you, where are from, and what do you do?

We are Local Sports Team, we’re a hard working rock band and we’re heading for the top. We live in Cardiff and we recently fulfilled a cultural exchange with the people of Latvia.

2. You’re playing BRNLV FSTVL on May 11th – have you played before, or if you haven’t, have you any expectations?

Some of us have played before in other bands. One of us used to be Pagan Wanderer Lu. He’s still waiting for the band who dressed as bugs to make a comeback. It’s a privilege to be playing the slot once taken by Tracey is Hot and the Clap.

3. Could you give us a Soundcloud link of a recent single or track, and tell us about it plz – recording, writing, subject matter, whatever seems most important?

The song is ‘Lady Gojira’, taken from our EP ‘Latvia’. It’s a song about that time that a giant robotic pop star woman attacked Cardiff and destroyed half the city. We thought it would be a shame if people forgot that that happened.

4. The BRNLV label is ten this year. Do you own a Brainlove Record? Do you have a personal favourite?

We all own at least one Brainlove record. Some of us have released Brainlove records. The best Brainlove record is still ‘Follow Your Heart’ by Mat Riviere.

5. Do you have any tours or releases coming up? What’s next?

We’re just making our first steps into gigging outside Wales. This will be our first show in England (we played Latvia before we played England) and have a few more shows coming up in Bristol and Cardiff. Our debut EP came out last year, we’re planning to do another single before the end of this year.

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