8 Jul 2022

DIY Magazine interviews Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ahead of their Pohoda Festival appearance


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We catch up with the band ahead of their set at this year’s Pohoda Festival.

The picturesque city of Trenčín will once again host a varied selection of international artists at this weekend’s Pohoda Festival, from Flume to black midi; Balming Tiger to Lianne La Havas, and a handful of favourites like slowthai, Wolf Alice, Sigrid and Shame.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs might quite literally be the biggest name at the festival (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Comet Is Coming run a little behind on that count). Ahead of their arrival in Slovakia - in the middle of a series of shows both festival and headline - we had a bit of a catch up with the band.

Hello! What’s going on in Pigs x7’s world?

There’s a lot. We have Ewan [Mackenzie] back into the fold - the original Pigs drummer; we’ve just finished working on a new album and though we’ve been back at it a while, playing shows again still feels quite new.

Have you fully felt the catharsis of being able to return to the live stage yet?

Catharsis is something we’re often lucky enough to get in spades but the last few months of shows has been especially purifying and we’re not short of appreciation that we’re able to do what we do. Each show this year has felt like the first one back....

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