The name on the tip of everyone’s tongues: Lynks’ Secret set at Latitude Festival.
Sophie Bingham
Lynks surprised everyone on Saturday night with their secret set at The Alcove with Queer House Party.
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Saturday night at Latitude Festival closed with a bang, Lynks performed a secret set with Queer House Party at midnight, a perfect way to end the night. This self-proclaimed ‘masked drag monster’ has been named the ‘one to watch' by everyone who's seen them perform, collaborating with the likes of Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes on their hit single ‘go get a tattoo’ while supporting them on their ‘Sticky’ tour.
Their unique style of performance fused with their unapologetic self blends to create a masterpiece on stage. Their recent release MEN, composed of 3 electronic-dance tracks with a punk influence will instantly get you moving. ‘Perfect human specimen’ which appears on the EP, combines techno-space music with honest lyrics making you fall in love with them straight away, and when you see them live it's almost impossible to get them out of your head.
Tom Ellis (Feats./TJEPhotos)
Onstage Lynks embodies an alter-ego, wearing their icon mask, expect to see them wearing something ultimately quirky. Their set is more than just a gig, with choreographed dance moves, strobed lights and catchy beats, you will be dancing in no time. ‘Str8 acting’ and ‘everyone's hot and I'm not’ lit up The Alcove on Saturday. Lynks explained that their performance was ‘last minute’ but after seeing them live multiple times you would never be able to tell. Lynks is an integral piece within the queer music scene, in an interview with NME, the queer punkster explained how easy it is to feel alienated within straight spaces, expressed in ‘‘Everyones hot (and I’m not)” lynks explores the idea of how it feels to be the “other” in a room full of beautiful people. While ‘str8 acting’ takes the opposite view, why would anyone want to conform to a ‘straight culture', confined by what society thinks they should act, look and be seen as?. questioned by Lynks themselves ‘why the fuck should I ever wanna be str8 acting?’
This one goes out to
All the 'gayboy's in their mum's clothes
To the 'lezbo's in the front row
Tom Ellis (Feats./TJEPhotos)
This song represents how it feels to be an outcast and Lynks has created a safe space for anyone who feels exactly like that, the question on the tip of everyone's tongue, when will they get a chance to see them live? We're asking the same question. Hopefully lynks will return with a headline tour soon enough sprinkling their energy across the UK once again.
Sophie Bingham (Feats.)
