Live Report: Bricknasty deliver an infectiously funky set at the Three Music Stage

Bringing their funky sound to the Three Music Stage, Bricknasty deliver a groove-championing set to a crowd eager to show their approval.

Balaclava clad, their frontman Fatboy entertains the crowd both with effortless displays of his talent as a guitarist, as well as by starting chants in his think Ballymun accent.

Sweeping his hand to the left of the stage, Fatboy introduces us to sax player, Louis Younge, as he embarks on yet another crowd-stunning solo. Only half the crowd manage to cheer while the rest stand with their mouths agape, enthralled.

Bricknasty at Electric Picnic. Copyright: Gary Ibbotson

As they fly through their set, one common thread throughout is the bubbling of Dara Abdurahman's stinking basslines, a rumble that has a visible effect on the faces of fans as he launches into solos.

The whole performance feels at times like a DJ set, with transitions done so smoothly you’d miss them if you weren’t playing close attention.

This is a testament to the band’s chemistry, as they switch up the tempo with ease, thinking like a single organism rather than 4 individual artists.

Bricknasty at Electric Picnic. Copyright: Gary Ibbotson

Even when drummer Korey Thomas’ kick comes loose, they don’t miss a beat. Unfazed, he simply plays without it, as two frantic stagehands run out with a role of duct-tape, and re-fasten it.

The second they step away, the drum's deep thud rejoins the sound with the whole affair resembling a musical F1 pitstop.

With a sound that’s too infectious resist, the crowd leaves with cricks in their necks from relentlessly bopping along to Bricknasty’s one-of-a-kind sound.