Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union
Sat 5 May
The eclectic, always entertaining Jungle will be gracing the stage at Cardiff University Students Union, bringing with them an array of lighting displays, dancers and retro funk-pop bangers. With the follow up to their Mercury Prize-nominated debut album due to be released in the near future, founding members Tom McFarland and Josh Lloyd-Watson – along with their seven-piece backing band – are sure to bring the heat with an exciting mix of new material and old hypnotic groovers such as Platoon and Busy Earnin’.
Jungle will come armed and heavy with a range of synthesisers, percussion, bass guitars and drums. They won’t rest until everybody in their crowd is moving along with them, mentally transported away to some form of kaleidoscopic, tropical paradise where the grooves are funkier and the colours are brighter.
Their dreamy, soulful sound is sure to resonate with you, and it will leave you shoulder-shuffling the night away until your heart’s content. It’s also their first Cardiff appearance since 2014, when they were at the considerably smaller Globe. Indeed, this somewhat elusive band haven’t toured the UK for a while, so I shouldn’t need to tell you time and time again to grab tickets whilst you can.
Tickets: £22. Info: 029 2078 1458
words Tom Owen