Though the Saturday afternoon crowd at The Woodsies Stage thins out after an all-timer of a performance from Kneecap, those who do stick round are handled to a different distinctive model of punk rock, within the type of London-based quintet Excessive-Vis.
For those who’ve ever puzzled what Oasis would have seemed like in the event that they had been a part of the 80’s Washington DC hardcore scene centred round Dischord Records, this band have you ever lined. Excessive Vis are all punk rock vitality, grit and bounce melded with the indie guitar tone and aptitude for large vocal hooks that The Stone Roses or The Joyful Mondays may throw up at their peak.
The result’s very good. Not solely do Excessive Vis have a powerful again catalogue, with tunes like Discuss For Hours, from 2022’s glorious Blending album, certainly a Prime 10 single in an alternate universe, however they’re additionally gearing up for a brilliant future, with the very important, biting Mob DLA, launched earlier this month, the primary style for his or her forthcoming, as-yet-unannounced third document. Additionally they, very evidently, have character, allure, coronary heart and fervour in abundance. Liverpool-born vocalist Graham Sayle seems virtually overwhelmed by the event, thanking the receptive viewers time and again, and opening up about his struggles with psychological well being, how he feels his disabled brother has been left to rot by a system he clearly despises, and the way vital DIY punk rock has been to him.
A hardcore scene veteran, Sayle is not going to get carried away with this one-off contact with a competition which sits proper on the centre of the British music trade. “We normally play pubs… and we’ll return to taking part in pubs” he shrugs at one level. If there’s any justice on the planet, that gained’t be the case for an excessive amount of longer, however then Excessive Vis know in addition to anybody that this life is not at all times honest, simply or egalitarian. They have already got dates in Europe, Australia and America on the docket earlier than the 12 months is out: go see for your self why these underground heroes are going locations.