Pastel by Matthew Eynon
Rewired is in Leeds and London this weekend.
This Feeling will be taking the second edition of its Rewired Festival to Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club on August 13th and The Garage in London the following night.
Lock-In, Serotones, Gen and Degenerates, The Chase, Rolla, Rosellas and Komparrison are among those performing across the two nights, led by Pastel whom we caught live in 2021.
“5-piece Pastel, who hail from Manchester (of course), Dublin and south Wales have all the hallmarks of the dance-fuelled 1990s, with an undercurrent of epic groove running throughout their tunes,” our review reads.
“Closing track Deeper Than Holy also fuses some of the early hypnotic Kasabian work (singer Jack Yates does a very good Tom Meighan impersonation), with a bassline reminiscent of those featured on Urban Hymns.”
“Pastel also bring to mind The Music, although that may be down to Yates’ Robert Harvey-esque mop of wavy hair, which works well as he sways to his bandmates’ powerful funk-grooves.”