Playing Download Festival for the second year running, I Divide come back to Donington as winners of last years Red Bull Bedroom Jam contest and this time round they’re playing the second stage early on Saturday morning.
Having joined the newly formed Destroy Everything label and their debut album in the works, I Divide will be looking to make a big impact for the second consecutive time.
We spoke to guitarist Josh Wreford about what we can expect, who he is looking forward to watching and more.
Are you heading to Download? What bands are you excited to see? Let us know on our Facebook page or on Twitter.
Already Heard: Can you tell us your name and role in the band?
Josh: Hey, I’m Josh, and I playing guitar and sing backing vocals.
AH: Why should fans check you out at Download?
Josh: We love playing big stages, and you don’t get much bigger than Download Festival. We’re going to completely owe that stage. I’m going to personally try and stand in every corner before we come back again. We’re excited to showcase our new tracks to an audience that we know are going to love it. You won’t be disappointed!
AH: What can we expect from your set?
Josh: We’re going to be playing a mix of new and old songs, but hopefully ones that our fans are going to be able to sing along to.
AH: What other bands are you looking forward to seeing?
Josh: There’s so many bands this year that we love and have taken a big influence from in the past. Bands like Papa Roach, Young Guns, 30 Seconds To Mars, Slipknot, Enter Shikari. I could literally name almost half the bands on the lineup as bands I can’t wait to see. I’m just hoping there’s not too many clashes!
AH: What are your memories of previous Download Festivals?
Josh: Download Festival last year was better than words can describe. We had such a full packed weekend of fun, sun and partying. The show itself was incredible (despite the transport that was meant to take us to the show being an hour late and almost causing us to be kicked off the bill.) The crowd was amazing. The tent was packed, and that was one of the first times we saw a crowd singing along to our songs and actually realised, “shit, people actually know who we are.’” It was a very surreal experience.
AH: Do you have anything else you’d like to say?
Josh: Make sure you check out our new music video for our track ‘Follow Me.’ It will be out on our new album coming out later this year! See you all at Download!
Catch I Divide at 11:00am on the Zippo Encore Stage on Saturday 15th June.
I Divide links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter|Soundcloud
Our full coverage of Download Festival 2013 can be found here.
Words by Sean Reid.
