Now in its 27th year BurySOUND 2025 kicks off with a fantastic Heat One, not only filled to the brim with people for a sold out night, it was filled to the brim with talent!!
Winners of Heat One: Krumpets
Krumpets were the last on the bill to showcase their sound, which was uniquely whimsical with elements of dreamy shoegaze with folky backnotes. Although not letting the crowd getting too comfortable with the lovely voices and harmonies, they switch it up to a screaming rock beat that blew the roof off! Plus there was a banjo.
It was a very, very tough heat for the judges to decide and lots of discussions took place on all the artists before a decision was made.
Artists in Heat One:
Grace Wells – singer songwriter with a beautiful voice. Her songs were well constructed and told stories against her sounds of her electric guitar.
Blaaze – what an energetic performance from a rapper who is only 14 years old – very impressive performance. The speed of his words left us all out of breath and he was able to create melodic rhythmical beats for his backing tracks.
Helix – a welcome return for a confident Helix who reached the final last year again left an impression with their slick guitar, fantastic drumming and indie rocking tracks.
Sub-Liminal – a punk/goth/rock group with a lead singer who has some angst to share. With hints of Toyah and Siouxsie, this band are constantly improving.
The headlining act while the judges were deliberating were Headcheck were keeping the crowd entertained with their indie/pop/rock tracks.
BurySOUND 2025 Heats will be at The Hunter Club:
Heat 2 – 8th March
Heat 3 – 15th March
Heat 4 – 22nd March
Heat 5 – 29th March
The final will be at The Apex on 12th April
YouTube Video of Heat One can be found here.