Simple Things Festival adds Beak> to their impressive line up

02 September 2015, 18:53 | Written by Laurence Day

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(Geoff Barrow) (Beak>) (Portishead)

Simple Things Festival are on a monumental roll lately, and with the announcement that they've added Beak>, that roll is continuing to roll.

Beak>, featuring Portishead's Geoff Barrow, recently released a split EP with alter-egos <Kaeb, which followed up their 2012 debut LP.

Last month, the festival revealed that cult post-punks Maximum Joy would be reforming to play their first show in 25 years.

The join the likes of Battles, Lee Scratch Perry, Wire, Savages, Speedy Ortiz, Holly Herndon, HEALTH, Skepta & JME, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the at the multi-venue festival.

Simple Things 2015 takes place 24 October in various city centre venues in Bristol, including Colston Hall, The Lantern, Lakota, Coroner's Court, the O2 Academy and the Firestation. The opening night party will see Godspeed grace Colston Hall's stage on 23 October.

For more information, head to the festival's website.

Tickets are on sale now.