WAKEY WAKEY RISE & SHINE + SUN SPOT + TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS

WAKEY WAKEY RISE & SHINE

Slowly assembled together after years of “life's wonderful lived experiences” - at college, at Green Man festival, on Gumtree adverts, at gigs - Wakey Wakey Rise & Shine eventually emerged in Bristol in 2020. Influenced by the likes of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Snapped Ankles, and the New Wave trailblazers DEVO and B-52s, the band came to define their Psychedelic/post-punk sound; frilly psychedelic melodies fused with the fuzzed-up fury of high-octane post-punk, all powered by an embrace of all things silly and irreverent: “fun and mischievous ways of expressing yourself within art is probably an artist's greatest weapon”, explains Seamus, “Collectively we enjoy being a bit silly with our ideas and keeping the writing process interesting and playful.”

The band have been generating new fans through their unpredictable live shows with their music receiving airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Introducing in the West and featured in The Unsigned Guide's Spotlight blog. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUN SPOT

Armed with a relentless, DIY work ethic and wildly diverse sonic palette spanning industrial hyper pop to ethereal post-punk, have worked tirelessly to nurture their growing reputation as one of the most exciting live acts within the UK underground circuit, garnering support from the likes of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6, Kerrang!, Dot to Dot Festival, Amazing Radio, ArcTanGent Festival, and even becoming the first band to perform at the renovated Bristol Beacon.

Formed by Will Palmer and George Turner, at its core, the freedom of being entirely self-produced has allowed Sun Spot to curate a sprawling collection of diverse and unpredictable songs, spearheaded by the experimental production and emotive lyrics that have become a signature of their sound.