Three-fifths of Venus Grrrls are gathered around the table, cards clutched to their chests in a tense game of gin rummy. The goth-grunge group deserve a moment of respite given the summer they’ve been having. Having racked up jam-packed performances at The Great Escape, Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds festivals, they’re living what bassist Hannah Barraclough acknowledges over her pint as “a bit of a teenage dream.”
Barraclough started on guitar initially before finding her true calling. “I played in a college band and the lead singer couldn’t play bass and sing,” she recalls. “So he said, ‘Oh, you do it, Hannah!’”
