Bunbury - Day Three

Sunday's lineup was done brilliantly. We were all exhausted and on a bloodbuzz from the past two days, and Bunbury knew we would be. So they put all the chill musicians on the last day.

We started the day off by seeing Joe Purdy, whose set was like a living room show except with a sky. It was very mellow and chill and honestly felt less like he was playing to a crowd and more like he was playing to friends and family. "Does this start with the chorus? It does today." & "My guitar solo on the record was much better than that," are things he said in the middle of his set, which was sung melodically. Laughter and good music is always a great kickoff to any day, but especially in that heat.

We needed shade after, so we found a tree to chill in and sat in its crook while listening to Gringo Star. We love relaxing and listening to new-to-us music, so it was great.

Then we went to check out Savior Adore, who we just featured the week before. They sounded pretty damn gorgeous live, and they were smarter than every other band at that fest because they wore all white. They were really lively and just enjoyed being on stage, probably because they weren't as hot as the black-cad bands.

Next we caught Bethesda's set on the lawn stage, and even though it was the hottest day of the weekend, we got shivers from the vocals. They're pretty local to us and we were excited to see their festival set - and they had most of the lawn dancing. They have a really great family folksy vibe, but even though they sound decently mellow on their recordings, their live sound is huge.

Then we walked over to A Silent Film, who sounded and performed a lot like Fun. They have that mellow energy that's both calm and electric in a way.

After that, we saw Night Terrors of 1927, who was one of our favorite sets of the weekend. It was more upbeat than most of the other Sunday bands. There's something very...alive about their live sound, and we're now dying to see them at a venue in Cleveland.

Following that, Belle & Sebastian had the whole crowd dancing, from people as young as 3-4 to 50-60. They had about 13 members on stage playing, but the lead singer brought his Scottish curse on the crowd and it started storming after their set. Bunbury did hella good with that rainstorm, though, and they put everything back together fast for The National's set as soon as the sun came out.

The National closed the weekend out, and hearing Bloodbuzz Ohio while sitting on the stairs by the Ohio river, watching people swim (and then get yelled at by the cops) was one of the coolest experiences of the festival. It closed out a perfect weekend and we can't wait to see who is playing next year, because we'll be there.