Broken hearted at having missed one of the best ATPs in recent years, the Sandyford Two and Mrs H-to-be paid a visit to this year’s Homefires festival, and were very glad we did.
It’s billed as a festival of “quiet music”, so I was a little worried that there wasn’t going to be enough rawk to keep Mrs H-T-B happy. She largely enjoyed the day, and only misbehaved a little bit. (Sorry to the people sitting near us when that happened).
Her, and my, favourite act of the day was St Vincent. Catch her if you can, but don’t watch the YouTube video of this particular performance, because it doesn’t do her justice. At all.
I also got to meet two of my favourite pop stars: Four Tet and Nina Nastasia. I kept ending up being in the toilets at the same time as Four Tet (Kieran Hebdan) and eventually plucked up courage to talk to him. He was there with his mum and a few friends, and was just really friendly, and seemed to be enjoying the day. Nina was stood around after the show, and I just had to go and talk to her. Managed not to say anything too stupid, which I usually do in the presence of famous people (even slightly famous people). I bought her new album from her, and I was awestruck for days afterwards. Thanks Nina.
Her video does do her justice:
