VENUE FERNHILL FARM, COMPTON MARTIN
DATE 17/08/2022-20/08/2022
The UK’s premier post-rock, math rock and prog festival is finally back! It’s been three years since ArcTanGent has graced Fernhill Farm, but thankfully the now four-day get-together is making up for lost time with its biggest capacity yet: a stellar 10,000 people. Everyone’s all smiles as the festival opens for a warm-up on Wednesday, and the joy refuses to fade until long after the entertainment wraps up on Saturday.
For prog fans, there are countless acts to catch across the weekend. Headliners Opeth bring their 70s-inspired grandeur to close the final day, and there’s also the psych-prog of Boss Keloid, Caspian’s fluttering post-rock, TesseracT’s off-kilter anthems, and Emma Ruth Rundle and AA Williams with their gorgeously experimental dark rock. The bill’s so stacked there’s scarcely time to top up your beer.
Arriving in the Elephant In The Bar Room after Dvne’s main stage metal attack, ’s atmospheric and electronic post-rock is the ideal palate cleanser. There’s not much to see bar Gavin Miller fiddling with dials, but close your eyes and you’ll be dropped into a sound bath of gentle beats and clean guitar.
