Suggested Friends : https://suggestedfriends.bandcamp.com/ Suggested Friends are an indie rock quartet with a firm grounding in queer identity, fusing DIY punk roots with the interweaving guitars of 90s indie and a sometimes tongue-in-cheek take on the performative masculinity of 80s rock. There’s a tenderness to their songwriting, with lyrics reflecting on cultural malaise, recovery and the banal absurdity of everyday life. Personal politics can come with an incisively dry sense of humour too.

The band formed in late 2015 following a chance meeting at a gig between Christabel (drums) and Faith (guitar and vocals). They were soon joined by Jack on guitar, who had met Faith through an activist group in London. Mammoth Penguins’ Emma Kupa is the most recent addition on bass, having worked with Faith on a number of projects over the years.

Since forming, Suggested Friends have toured consistently and appeared at a number of festivals, including Athens Popfest, DIY Popfest, Indietracks, and End Of The Road, for which they were a Band Competition winner in 2018.

Fusing the sounds of their DIY punk origins with soft-rock and power pop, their second album weaves together lush guitar textures and rich vocal harmonies to create melodic songs that are both tender and indignant. Fans of UK DIY stalwarts like Martha, Personal Best and Fightmilk will find the same politicised and honest energy, but there is also an introspective edge that will please indie and folk fans of Palehound, The Weather Station and Hiss Golden Messenger

Pocket Knife : https://bandpocketknife.bandcamp.com Making music for bodies to dance limply to! This dynamic duo play lo fi pop which will make you bop around the floor like a cute couple at an indie disco. Guitar and keys with a backing beat play out simple songs full of tongue in cheek observations and love encounters via secret diary entries. Their songwriting is fun and witty and drips with connotations which are hidden behind a coy innocence and sweet Anglo-French singing.

Hailey Beavis : https://haileybeavis.bandcamp.com OK PAL's bedroom pop star! Hailey is a self taught musician, song writer and artist living in Edinburgh. Her music maps a journey through the surrealism of childhood, stretching into insightful and vividly captured love songs, both deeply personal and completely knowable. The undeniable message of hope and strength in Hailey’s sharp and defiantly honest writing is mirrored in energetic and untamed performances.