The VLURE shows (four of them) were probably the most important and seminal played by any band at Glastonbury Festival 2023.
None of these were main stages… and only the one in the BBC Introducing tent would have even had a chance of getting onto many people’s radars.
But here is a band who have emerged from Glasgow over the past few years and already show all the potential for being world-beaters.
Imagine if the Chemical Brothers were actually a proper live act… and you have a sense of how big this band of brothers and friends could one day become. Their sound is THAT big.
But that’s where the comparison ends, because the music created by VLURE is simply something else, and you have to immerse yourself in it live to fully comprehend its power.
Music fans of a certain age may recall the first time they heard Nitzer Ebb – and well, the first time you hear VLURE, it’s a bit like that moment.
There’s a punk ethic that flows through everything, but it not punk.
There’s industrial electronica going on in a big way – but it has way too much passion and soul to be pigeon-holed in that way.
This is euphoric stuff that will have the hairs on your arms standing up in seconds, and we’ve yet to see the band play a set where the audience hasn’t rapidly become a sweaty singularity.
Big things beckon – you heard it here first.
