23:29Sleaford Mods set about some truth telling. Photograph: Ammar Kalia/The GuardianJason Williamson and Andrew Fearne, aka Sleaford Mods, seem to embody the radical politics of Glastonbury. The fact that they are playing on Shangri-La’s Truth stage seems particularly fitting then – caustic honesty being Williamson’s lyrical speciality. This shouty soothsaying definitely won’t be to everyone’s taste, its minimalism too unvarnished to digest. Yet, Williamson is mesmerising, hip-swaying like Mick Jagger, high-kicking like a can can dancer and spitting venom like Keith Flint – his is a voice that certainly deserves to be heard.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2019 10:41 UTC