Summer Eye! Naeba Shokudo! Quick, name the top five things you’d expect a lead singer to go onstage carrying. Did you say beach parasol? Next! Name the top five places you’d expect a lead singer to go directly to after going onstage. Did you say ladder in the middle of the audience? If you answered no to either of these questions, you just don’t know Summer Eye.
Like people who have only heard about punk music from the P volume of an encyclopedia that washed up on an abandoned beach somewhere, Summer Eye was all vibes no filler. Suuuuuper laidback but winkingly transgressive at the same time. Through and through wonderful seaside vibes, like the band you’d want to perform in your Okinawan rock and roll beach blanket bingo movie.
One of the best of the festival so far. A tropical cocktail served in a coconut shell that nails the ratio of sweet, sour and booze…

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