Indietracks is to collaborate with American indiepop label Slumberland Records for this year’s festival, which will take place on 6-8 July.
Allo Darlin and Veronica Falls are amongst the first bands to be announced as part of the partnership with Slumberland Records, who will help curate the outdoor stage. Other Slumberland artists confirmed so far include The June Brides, Tender Trap, Evans the Death, Gold-Bears and Sea Lions.
Other bands announced today are Bart Cummings (of The Cat's Miaow) with Pam Berry of Black Tambourine, Tigercats, The Hobbes Fanclub, Language of Flowers, Colour Me Wednesday, Orca Team, Doggy, The Sunbathers, and The Birthday Kiss. You can read more about all the bands on our website's
Artists page. Around 50 bands will play at the festival in total, and we'll announce lots more shortly.
Mike Schulman, founder of Slumberland Records, says: "When we were asked to help curate this year's Indietracks festival we were delighted! Indietracks has a global reputation for supporting a diverse range of top-notch indiepop bands, and their aesthetics are right in line with ours. We've long looked forward to bringing some Slumberland flavour over to the UK, and Indietracks is the perfect opportunity."
Allo Darlin began as a vehicle for the solo songwriting exploits of Australian Elizabeth Morris, who moved to London in 2005 and began performing and recording as The Darlings. The band extended their line-up in 2009, became Allo Darlin, and released their self-titled debut in 2010. Regularly championed by BBC DJ Steve Lamacq, they have variously been described as “classic indie pop” and “fully formed talent at the first attempt”. Their second album Europe is due to be released on Fortuna Pop! and Slumberland Records
later this year.
Veronica Falls are a four-piece indiepop band comprised of former members of The Royal We and Sexy Kids, formed in 2009 in London. Their self-titled album, released in 2011, was met with widespread critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic from the likes of BBC6 Music, Clash, The Guardian and Pitchfork.
Early Bird Tickets: Weekend tickets are now available at an early bird discount price of £60 (standard price £67). Single day (Saturday or Sunday) early bird tickets are available for £32.50 (standard price £35). The early bird prices are only available until 5pm on
Saturday 14 April.
Tickets for children aged 5-14 are £6 for a day ticket and £10 for the weekend. Under-5s get in free.
Tickets are available now by calling the railway direct on 01773 747 674 or visiting:
www.instantticketseller.com/midlandrailwaycentre
See you in July!
