Insider Trading

Insider Trading are a 4-piece band who post-punk aesthetics with post-rock structures and shoegaze textures, pairing them with slowcore elements that combine to form complex, thoughtful, and multi-layered tracks. Formed in Edinburgh, they have forged a reputation as one of Scotland's most captivating live acts, touring extensively in the underground scene and playing alongside some of the UK's most exciting up and coming musicians. Their most recent EP, 'From Leith to New York' plays on many of the common themes of the contemporary UK underground, balancing of soft emotional sections with extreme cacophonic crescendos, tying it together with intentional and adept instrumentation.

The Old Quiet Lighthouse

Manchester based indie-emo-folk band That Old Quiet Lighthouse have been on the local scene for years, building up a following and crafting a sound that balances bitter-sweet nostalgia and the intriguingly unique. Known for the joyous atmosphere at their shows and inspired by the lyrical complexity of Pinegrove, the emotional vulnerability of Big Thief and the tongue-in-cheek charm of Blur; That Old Quiet Lighthouse are hot off their successful second album release 'This Is What I Live For'.