ArcTanGent is the sort of festival where more you put in, the more you get out. Almost all of the bands on the bill are underground, so there’ll be a good chunk of bands you’ll have never heard of. However, the curators are incredible at what they do, so no matter what parts of ArcTanGent’s eclectic range of genres do it for you, there will always be loads for you to discover. The Friday was a perfect example of this, with plenty of lesser known bands who absolutely raised the roof. ArcTanGent has an unfortunate reputation for something that’s totally out of the organisers’ control; awful weather. Anyone who lived through the downpour in 2019, watching bands while ankle-deep in rainwater will know exactly what we mean. Up until Friday, ArcTangent 2023 had been largely dry, but ...