in conversation// grand pocket orchestra

With LeeFest kicking off tomorrow, a whole host of excellent acts will be making appearances at the event down on a small working farm, just on the outskirts of Bromley and Croydon in Kent. In anticipation of this year’s event we caught up with three of our favourite acts performing, here’s our chat with Paddy from Art-Pop Messers Grand Pocket Orchestra.

For the unsuspecting of those who will be at LeeFest how would you best introduce yourselves as a band?
Rock gods in conservative dress.

And give us a little background on how you got together
Through a shared love of pop and chaos

We’ve read you as being ‘hard to categorize’ – is that something you’d subscribe to?
We are the category

How did you find the reaction to your debut album?
Glorious

What sort of reaction do you want from a crowd?
A very stoned one

After LeeFest, what are your plans for the rest of the year?
To twiddle our thumbs and wait for Halloween

For more info on LeeFest including tickets head here.

And here’s a little bit of why we love Grand Pocket Orchestra…