Benicassim // Down On The Farm

Noize often muses on bygone days. Simpler times. We’d be in braces, the girls in Gingham dresses. Hay all around. Ah, those were the days.

Somewhat reminiscent of a macro-barn dance, Mumford and Sons managed to get the largest crowd to lift their knees and dance like they’d had one too many swift ales at the Irish night down the working men’s club. Full-bodied ballads, made up of crisp acoustic guitar work, foot stamping and assorted on-stage shenanigans delighted and thrilled in equal measure. We’d like to think that life down on the farm would always be graced by such aural pleasures, but maybe that’s just our rose tinted view of how life should be. 

Words by Neill Higgins

Photos by Melanie Manneville