May 4th 2014 brings with it the inaugural Jealous Lovers Club Microfest. Taking place across two stages at CardiffÔÇÖs Gwdihw Caf├® Bar, the festival will be a showcase of Jealous Lovers ClubÔÇÖs musical mantra, with Playlounge, Nai Harvest, Radstewart, Woahnows, Olympians and a whole load more filling out the diverse bill, topped by the return of indie-popÔÇÖs best kept secret Tellison, in their first Cardiff outing since 2011. You may have seen a few sneaky line-up posters hiding in our last few issues. As Connor Cupples, the man behind the Jealous Lovers Club promo brand explains: ÔÇ£YouÔÇÖve got punk elements, youÔÇÖve got post-rock, math-rock stuff with Cleft, and youÔÇÖve got the more grunge stuff with Samoans ÔÇô it kind of opens up everything.ÔÇØ Connor has put together a handy Spotify playlist to help attendees get acquainted with the line-up.
ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs a bit of a gamble,ÔÇØ he continues, ÔÇ£thereÔÇÖs only three local bands out of the twelve who are playing. Normally when you see venues in Cardiff that are doing a bank holiday thing, theyÔÇÖre not taking a risk, theyÔÇÖre just booking local bands and itÔÇÖs free entry, or something like that.ÔÇØ
The Jealous Lovers Microfest is about more than that, though. ÔÇ£The whole point of what I wanted to do with the festival was I wanted to showcase as many bands as possible, and I wanted to show the different kinds of genres that we promote. The festival is basically a day of music that encapsulates Jealous Lovers Club as a ÔÇÿthingÔÇÖ.ÔÇØ
Quench are thrilled to be sponsoring the festival. Early bird tickets are now sold out, but cheaper advance tickets are still available here. Make sure you head down to what will undoubtedly be a highlight of CardiffÔÇÖs musical calendar.
