SQUID

“People are learning new ways to listen,” Squid’s Louis Borlase tells me. “With a band like us, I think there’s an assumption it has to be a case of people crammed in and a lot of physical movement. People are discovering that you can enjoy something sat down.” No strangers to exploring and adapting in their music, this near-indefinable five-piece aren’t having too many issues with the reality of socially-distanced live performances. Today they’re enjoying some time in Brighton, a city they called home for several years, following last night’s Covid-safe show at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion.

Their current UK tour, Fieldworks, is offering a new kind of live experience. It’s been a chance for fans to see these five multi-instrumentalists’ creative process as they form fresh ideas live onstage. Borlase jokes there’s been a few ‘chinstrokers’, but the response to a seated show from a band famed for their compelling energy has