Mutations Festival 2026 - Friday
the hope & ruin
fri 23 oct · 3.00pm
every gig · every venue
Hidden Herd Presents:WINTER GARDENS Shifting fluidly between shimmering shoegaze and propulsive intensity, Winter Gardens blend the hazy textures of dream-pop with the urgency and drive of post-punk, balancing moments of introspection with bursts of raw energy. Layers of reverb-soaked guitars, melodic basslines and driving percussion intertwine to create a sound that feels both expansive and immediate. Since their inception, Winter Gardens have shared stages with Echo & the Bunnymen, Gary Numan, Modern English, Piroshka, Pale Blue Eyes and many more. The band have performed at Left of the Dial in Rotterdam, Supersonic Club in Paris and Rockaway Beach, and recently played three shows in New York as part of The New Colossus Festival. They also delivered a standout set at Brighton’s Great Escape Festival this year, performing to a packed Concorde 2. Their latest EP, ‘Uncomfortable/Unlovable’, was released last year to widespread praise from BBC Radio 1, BBC Music Introducing, Radio X, KEXP, Louder Than War, CLUNK and more, including a recent BBC Introducing Live Lounge session. Now returning with the majestic ‘Adored’ and the ethereal follow-up ‘Fragile Boy’, Winter Gardens continue to expand their sonic world, pushing their sound into exciting new territory. + Opal Mag + Lucy Darke + Tears At The Table
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Shoegaze and dream pop with a post punk push: reverb soaked guitars, melodic basslines and driving percussion. Their ep uncomfortable/unlovable picked up praise from bbc radio 1 and radio x, and new tracks adored and fragile boy have followed. They have played dates in europe and in new york.

dream popalt popshoegazeslacker rockbrighton, uk
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Brighton alt pop built on breathy vocals, hazy atmospheres and a thick undercurrent of fuzzed guitar, with confessional writing underneath. The album goodbye lavender came out in may 2026. Dork and so young have both picked up on it.
“Quietly becoming one of the most resonant new voices in alt-pop”
“The magic lies in the tension between soft, breathy vocals and the dense undercurrent of fuzzed guitars”
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Brighton singer and songwriter with a moody, cinematic take on indie soft rock. Her debut ep earthly delights arrived in 2025, four songs of dreamy vocals and poetic storytelling. Far out and earworm magazines have picked her out as one of the city's most compelling new voices.
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band · post-hardcore · hardcore · brighton, uk
A brighton post-hardcore band. Their second ep, bones, was self-recorded and self-produced and came out on betrayed by life records.