In the first major clash decision of the day, we take a punt on Human Interest over Joshua Idehen. It pays off.

I am sure Joshua Idehen was wonderful, and we have enjoyed his albums very much over the last few weeks, but something about the music Human Interest have put out so far connects strongly and we want to take a look.

Having listened to everything they have released the 1970’s vibes are strong with this band. There are a range of reference points from Lou Reed to T-Rex.

We don’t actually get what we bargained for though, but what is on display instead shows us this is a significantly talented band. About halfway through they announce that they are missing one of the regular band, who is on holiday. This is the ‘other Tyler’, Tyler Evann who normally does guitar and backing vocals. Tyler Damara Kelly plays bass and sings lead vocals. Cat Harrison is very much the driving force of the project, assembling the rest of the band around him, playing guitar and singing lead vocals, though Tyler Damara Kelly has become something of an equal partner over the last few years. Cat and Tyler met through a WhatsApp group for the fetish club Klub Verboten. I don’t know what Evann adds to the live sound but if it makes them even better than they were today then these guys will be an absolutely formidable talent. Of the six songs they play, only one of them is from their catalogue of released tracks.

It could all very easily feel like a band taking the piss. Turn up without a full line-up and run a practice session of new material in front of an unsuspecting festival crowd. Except, the new material is fantastic and the band sound great. The drummer, Albie Lucas, is an absolute beast. At one point he jumps up from his seat and hits back down on it, striking the drumkit without breaking his stride. I am surprised Cat and Tyler are so chilled about being in Reading as The Amazons effectively nicked one of their previous drummers, it looks like it has all worked out for the best though.

Given how utterly chaotic all this could have been the 30 minutes is fantastic, very high quality and the Purple Turtle is as it is all day, jam packed. Human Interest are marked as ones to watch. The newer material had a slightly different vibe to some of their earlier releases; we look forward to getting a proper listen to it with the extra guitarist on top later in the year.