Helen Feng was the sole reason why I was at Clockenflap again on Sunday. Though slightly disappointed that Nova Heart turned out to be rather subdued and stripped down as compared to Pet Conspiracy, her stage presence and vocals were amazing as usual. My original plan to skip out at 6pm was dashed when I bumped into SY and friends. Ended up staying on for The Cribs (bad), danced to raunchy beats of Uptown Rockers (surprisingly good) and all the way through to Santigold‘s explosive set (great).

We had gotten lost along the way and made it to Duck Fight Goose‘s set barely in the nick of time, sneezing, runny noses and all. Considering it was the second last gig of the day, there was a good-sized crowd braving the chilly outdoors which eventually thinned as the hour-long set went (not complaining as it meant zero jostling). Very interesting experimental electronic/ rhythmic rock sounds overall except that the sound system was less than ideal and made Han Han sound jarring (!!) for the most part. They closed the set with History, a track about the deadly Shanghai blaze last year off their soon-to-be-released debut LP Sports. Scored a copy from a surly promoter, it’s brilliant and lives up to all the hype.