Findo Gask at T in the Park

[Findo Gask singer Gerard Black at TitP. Picture: Su Anderson]

After being thoroughly impressed with Findo Gask's early afternoon show on the BBC Introducing stage on Sunday at T in the Park (see below for review), Billy Hamilton and Nick Mitchell sneaked backstage for a pint and a chat with the band, where they gave us an insight into all things Findo...

Audio: Findo Gask interview, after their T in the Park set


Findo Gask's T in the Park diary

Wake up at 8am, in the van by 9, taps aff by 10. It's the T way. The seatbelts quickly become all slippery with Findo anticipation. We're drinking whisky out of a coke bottle in the staff car park long before the afternoon has started. Not too much mind, I have indigestion from nerves, no breakfast and the sickly stench of urine fogging the atmosphere. We load in and set up with maximum ease – there are stage hands and engineers swamping the floor of the BBC Introducing stage. You could get used to this sort of treatment.

The show isn't perfect but we still leave the stage buoyed by our performance. There's a couple of interviews to conduct afterward, each executed with a respectably small amount of nervy self-consciousness.

It's still very early in the afternoon by the time we head out to watch some music. The clouds disperse and the sun peeps out, radiating unreservedly as we share familiar patter with familiar faces.

The highlights come towards the end of the day. The Pet Shop Boys really are spectacular. Their stage show is unparalleled, it is one of the most cleverly designed and choreographed shows I've ever seen. It's also surely one of the gayest things ever performed. Brilliant. We grin like idiots and gulp down sangria. Mogwai are on afterwards. The tent is much quieter but every individual there seems locked-in to the stage. The sound is awesome, their sound is awesome. It is a renewal of vows for me, a reminder of why I used to wet my pants over their records, a promise that I'll do it again.

We're back at the van as the fireworks go off, taps well and truly on. Kincardine, Cumbernauld, finally Glasgow and bed. Only 363 days to go till next year.