It’s not often Bandwidth gets an invite to raid a vintage clothes shop after hours and try on silly hats. But so it came to be when we answered the call of Katie & The Carnival.

Katie Richardson’s lovely carnival of crazies is theatrical, dramatic, and a shitload of fun. Just a reminder that music is also supposed to be enjoyable – and also, if you’ll allow me this self-indulgence – an affirmation of faith in what Bandwidth is all about; capturing the essence of ‘performance’, and what that means to different people. Right. Essay over. This is also damn catchy music.

Oh and eventually this would have happened. The sharp-eyed and initiated will recognise 2/3s of the Seven Summits session released a few weeks back. Katie and bassist Fra McRory are also part of that band, while members of Bandwidth veterans John Shelly & The Creatures also make up part of the Carnival. Confused? Bemused? That’s the Belfast music scene.

Also, thanks are in order to Matt Patton who made it down to take some snaps (see them here). You can just spot him hiding by the door in the opening sequence, sporting a rather fetching clown afro.

Katie & The Carnival are playing The Pavillion in Belfast on 14th October and again on the 18th October. You can expect a tip-top show!

Katie & The Carnival – I Can’t Get No Sleep

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Filmed by Will McConnell
in Belfast, September 2009

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