Tesseract, Sikth, Tricot for ArcTanGent 2017

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Tesseract, Sikth and Tricot among 10 artists to be added to this year’s ArcTanGent bill

Tesseract
Tesseract

Another 10 artists have been added to this year’s ArcTanGent bill.

Explosions In The Sky and Converge had been previously announced as headliners at the UK festival, which will take place in Bristol on August 17-19.

Now organisers have confirmed that Tesseract, Sikth, Tricot, Bossk, Employed To Serve, Lost In Kiev, Gug, Strobes, The Physics House Band and Wot Gorilla? will also take to the stage over the three day event.

ArcTanGent is described as the “ultimate music festival for connoisseurs of math-rock, post-rock, noise-rock, alt-rock and everything in between” and has seen bands including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Russian Circles, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Deafheaven, Mono and 65daysofstatic perform in previous years.

Tickets for ArcTanGent 2017 are now on sale, including day passes and camping options. More than 70 bands will play over four stages, while other entertainment will also be provided, including a silent disco.

For more, visit the festival’s official website.

ArcTanGent 2017 lineup so far

Explosions In The Sky
Converge
Tesseract
Sikth
Tricot
Bossk
Employed To Serve
Lost In Kiev
Gug
Strobes
The Physics House Band
Wot Gorilla?

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.