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After the band had decimated the mains stage, Music Towers caught up with their drummer, Justin Foley, to talk festivals, inspirations and how they’ve survived more internal upheaval than the crowd’s collective colon after a night of festival cuisine.

So, how was it out there today?  

It was awesome; it was huge. It was really…really big. I thought it went really well. We did Download last year, that was pretty big. This one was about the same size. I don’t really think about it, but that’s how it looked.

Download’s obviously got a more ‘metal’ audience – do you think it was tougher playing to a more mainstream crowd today?

Download is definitely more metal, but I wouldn’t say today was tougher. You can see the difference…there’s a lot more wandering around goin’ on today…but we played a lot later in the day [at Download].

Earlier on when KSE took to the stage, they not only had to compete with the remnants of the crowd’s pre-festival hangover, but the pressure of coming on after Mastodon, arguably one of the most talked about metal bands. Judging by the response the band got from the assembled Yorkshire throng, they picked up the gauntlet, covered it inch-thick in riffs fierce enough to strip paint, and used it to slap seven shades of melodically-seasoned choruses out of any doubters.

You did a warm-up show at the Underworld in Camden earlier in the week, which is even smaller than what you normally do in the UK.

It was awesome, so much better than these festivals. The nearest kid to us today was hundreds of feet away, and there they were right onstage, tripping all over the guitars. It was so much better. We’ve all played thousands of shows like that, and only three of four like this, so we’re way more comfortable playing shows that size.