On the final day of Fuji Rock, your brain starts getting a little bit scrambled. It has been at least three days of wandering around the Naeba Ski Resort, and as much fun as one can have out there, you eventually start spacing out when the sun sets Sunday. So by the time I got to the Rookie A Go-Go stage at 1 a.m., I was hoping for something not too raucous to close out. Ihatov delivered with a pretty mellow set heavy on easy-breezy guitar-centric numbers. Multiple members of this group wore Hawaiian shirts, which should tell you everything you need to know. Maybe not much of an impact was made, but as something nice to relax too, it was delightful.

Then the circus performers did a bunch of crazy stunts on a spinning wheel and a wave of anxiety just watching them hit me. Still, gave me the energy needed to stay up a bit later.