Glastonbury is the place in which unlikely things - theatre, music, food and circus skills - are brought together in a great big delicious stew, so it鈥檚 a natural place to see a band as free with their influences as Modestep. With huge crossover hits such as Sunlight and To The Stars they鈥檝e been claimed by every genre from dubstep to rock, drum&bass to metal, electronica to goth. After all, there aren鈥檛 many bands that can claim to be equally loved by 1Xtra鈥檚 DJ Target and the Radio 1 Rock Show鈥檚 Daniel P Carter.
The band have just released their second album London Road, the follow-up to 2013鈥檚 dubstep-heavy Evolution Theory. It marks a period of transition for them as a group, having parted ways with guitarist Nick Tsang and drummer Matthew Curtis during the recording, and recruited Kyle Deek and former Funeral For A Friend drummer Pat Lundy. But it only takes one listen to their comeback single Snake to realise that they鈥檝e lost none of their fire. Which is another useful thing to have at a festival.
Glastonbury is the place in which unlikely things - theatre, music, food and circus skills - are brought together in a great big delicious stew, so it鈥檚 a natural place to see a band as free with their influences as Modestep. With huge crossover hits such as Sunlight and To The Stars they鈥檝e been claimed by every genre from dubstep to rock, drum&bass to metal, electronica to goth. After all, there aren鈥檛 many bands that can claim to be equally loved by 1Xtra鈥檚 DJ Target and the Radio 1 Rock Show鈥檚 Daniel P Carter.
The band have just released their second album London Road, the follow-up to 2013鈥檚 dubstep-heavy Evolution Theory. It marks a period of transition for them as a group, having parted ways with guitarist Nick Tsang and drummer Matthew Curtis during the recording, and recruited Kyle Deek and former Funeral For A Friend drummer Pat Lundy. But it only takes one listen to their comeback single Snake to realise that they鈥檝e lost none of their fire. Which is another useful thing to have at a festival.
