All the way from Norway are Magnet, creating epic and beautiful soundscapes rather than mere songs. Even Johansen has a voice direct from the Gods, and a band of great ability to help him recreate the self-made sounds of his two albums thus far. The music induces a fit of goosebumps across my body as the gorgeous melodies rise higher and higher before sweeping back down to a throbbing hush. Johansen enjoys conversing with the crowd and the songs are received graciously, the gentle songs lifted by programmed beats and soaring instrumentation. Closing with 'The Day We Left Town', Magnet steal the hearts of many new friends tonight.Engineers take the stage with what appears to be a work experience schoolboy on bass, or possibly a hobbit. It provides entertainment later in discussion once the boredom sets in. It's not that Engineers are bad, they are in fact very good. But, every song has the same structure and what starts as brooding, powerful music in the same vein as Doves or Longview quickly descends into monotony, as every song builds into a final crescendo, a vast wall of sound that has built slowly for the past 4 minutes. The whole set is solid and steady but there are no tunes that are truly memorable, a great afternoon festival band or a lazy evening record to put on though.
