Bath Introduces 2019 Highlights
Bath Introduces has had an exciting year; having had 135 submissions, coming from Manchester to Brighton, we look back at the highlights from the 3 heats
During festival week, we hosted 3 heats featuring 4 bands on each night. Two were successful from each and have made it to the Finale Weekend main stage – which takes place this coming weekend.
MONDAY 20 KOMEDIA
Masa Diora, Giovanni L’Immigrato, Hush Mozey and Delight A Thief took Bath by storm.
Band #1 Masa Diora displayed breath-taking conceptual electronica, coming all the way from Manchester for this opportunity.
Band #2 Giovanni L’Immigrato dominated the stage, visually and energetically with their 8 piece band.
Band #3 Hush Mozey took us on a drunken sailing expedition with what they call “drowsy rock’n’roll”.
Band #4 While Delight A Thief closed the evening with ecstatic, pyschedelic, dreamy soundscapes.
Out of this heat, the two winners were:
Giovanni L’Immigrato
Delight A Thief
WEDNESDAY 23 MOLES
We had a last minute venue change for our 2nd heat, from the amazing Pig and Fiddle to the renowned Moles – due to construction work. We saw Jack the Rabbit, ILL WILL, The Shuks and Alexander Sun.
Band #1 Jack the Rabbit transformed the room into a surfy indie den with influences from The Night Cafe, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Blossoms.
Band #2 ILL WILL injected the energy – they brought punchy riffs, edgy looks and a captivating stage presence.
Band #3 The Shuks gave us a delicious platter of jangly guitars, vocals reminiscent of Suede and Bowie, and true rock’n’roll swagger.
Band #4 Finally, we were treated to the amazing Bristol based act, Alexander Sun. Their dreamy aura combined with a surfy Mac Demarco vibe, was the cherry on top to a fabulous evening of great local music.
The winners from this heat were:
ILL WILL
The Shuks
SATURDAY 25 MOLES
The 3rd and final heat featured Vrillon, Radio Laika, Dessie Magee and Attic’O’Matic. What a night it was.
Band #1 Vrillon brought a dark, 90’s nostalgic mood – haunting and grungy.
Band #2 Radio Laika appeared as 3 children innocently rocking out in an aesthetic palette of oranges and blues.
Band #3 Dessie Magee and his band of merry men, trekked all the way from Brighton to deliver us a wonderful taste of Irish, folky, rock goodness.
Band #4 Attic’O’Matic brought a youthful indie explosion to the depths of Moles.
The winners from this heat were:
Radio Laika
Dessie Magee
“On behalf of the Bath Festivals team, we’d like to thank everyone who has taken part in this year’s Bath Introduces – submissions, contestants and judges – it’s truly been a fantastic year.” – Olivia Noonan, Bath Introduces Events Manager.
The finalists going through to play the Finale Weekend are:
Giovanni L’Immigrato
Delight A Thief
ILL WILL
The Shuks
Radio Laika
Dessie Magee
If you would like to see these acts in action, tickets can be purchased HERE. Prices range from £49.50-£198.50. With headline acts including Van Morrison, Clean Bandit and Corrine Bailey Rae.
All photos were taken by the fantastic Tom Dodd.
Special thanks to:
Komedia, Pig and Fiddle, Moles, Real World Studios, Beckie Parsons, Pete Bernard, Chris Blanden, Eleanor Household, James Hester, Robert Short, Greg Cordez, Jim Dickinson, Liam Baker and Tom Dodd.