# @rocksound on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNxkeV3YjVW
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-25T10:24:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rock Sound (@rocksound) — https://gondola.cc/rocksound

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Bilmuri, Reading and Leeds Festival 2025

REVIEW: There are a lot of big smiles plastered across faces in the Festival Republic Stage right now, but none of them are bigger than Johnny Franck’s.
This is Bilmuri’s third trip to the UK in just over eight months, and the sheer adoration being pointed their way has increased tenfold each time. 
Much of that is down to just how absolutely unstoppable the band are whenever they take to the stage, and that hot streak is continuing in style here.
The crushing prettiness of ‘ALL GAS’ and the tear-stained grooves of ‘THE END’ are impossible not to be enraptured by, whilst new heater ‘More Than Hate’ sounds utterly debauched, with plenty of bruises being handed out in the pit during its unrelenting breakdown. 
What stands out the most is the fact that all of these songs, written as warts-and-all therapy for Johnny, are bringing so much joy to so many. By bearing his soul in such a manner, exorcising demons with a Southern-fried flair, he has crafted something that brings out the best in everyone who hears it. It reminds you that when things seem their darkest, if you keep pushing, the light will always show itself, and this sort of shared elation -the kind that makes life so wonderful - is always just around the corner.
As ‘BETTER HELL (Thicc Boi)’, with a guest melody from South Arcade’s Harmony Cavelle closes out this half hour of power, everyone heads off into the night feeling that little bit brighter.
And if that is the effect that Bilmuri will continue to have on people, then what a remarkable legacy to have.

✏️ Jack Rogers
📷 Mark Forrer

#bilmuri #readingfestival #leedsfestival #rock #metal

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