loup garoux

Featuring the Mercury Prize-nominated solo artist and producer Ed Harcourt, Richard Jones of The Feeling, and Cass Browne (Gorillaz / Delakota / Senseless Things), Loup GarouX - “a nightmarish rush of visceral Birthday Party-style goth punk and the frenetic intensity of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead” - made a fast impression with a hurricane of storming, snarling singles and kept a fierce momentum ever since.

Their debut album, Strangerlands, arriving in 2022 saw them described as “a raging, head-spinning sound of a Minotaur blasting its way out of a maze. It’s a beast with wings, roaring of Faustian pacts, new deities and eternal rock.” and “A magical beast of a band, dark & heavy embellished with gothic and horror influences - an explosive alchemy”.

Loup GarouX possess an impossible-to-pigeonhole mesh of influences which makes their epic romanticism and panache very much their own. Dig deeper and you’ll hear echoes of everything from The Stooges to Sonic Youth to Scott Walker and Springsteen, set to lyrics which explore ideas ranging from demonic Victorian-era spirits to obsessive fever dreams.

Under the banner of “The Best New Music To Listen To” - The Times announced Loup GarouX as “a rare thing: a supergroup who are bigger than the sum of their parts”. Do not miss this VERY special guest, Saturday afternoon on the Lakeside Stage.