Last week we announced the final line-up for The Great Escape festival and now Caitlin Park has announced her own tour, the dates of which bracket her performance at the festival on its second day. She will be making her way through the UK from London to Eaglescliffe this May.

In 2011 Caitlin released her critically acclaimed debut album Milk Annual. She then won the prestigious 'Spirit of Qantas' award in 2012 and is now currently writing her second album, boasting even more sampling, a bigger sound and more filmic tracks.

Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night? is the challenge made to us by Valleys, the synth-pop Montreal-based duo of Matilda Perks (vocals, guitar, keyboards, and sequencer) and Marc St Louis (vocals, guitar, keyboards, and drums). It’s a soaring, uncompromising film-score of an album presenting interwoven sheaves of melodic keyboard, pulsing beats and introspective instrumentals, all wrapped around the ominous tones of St Louis’ vocals, Perks’ haunting refrains and choral combinations of the two.

The Hop Farm Festival has announced four new acts for this year’s line-up! Pop favourites The Lightning Seeds, plus Black Lips, Peter and Kerry & Sally Archer will join the bill for this summer’s event.