We’re not just spewing platitudes when we say Portals 2024 is the biggest edition of the festival yet. Being held in Hackney’s 1,200-capacity Earth venue for the second time (a stark upgrade from the 500-person The Dome in Tufnell Park), it’s the best-selling year in the math/post-rock weekender’s history, attendance being bolstered by some unique headline spectacles. Saturday will crescendo with This Will Destroy You playing a setlist voted on by their fans, then If These Trees Could Talk will close the entire event by playing their first-ever UK gig. With the remainder of the bill also stacked, not to mention surprisingly eclectic, Louder knew we had to spend two days in the capital and catch the action firsthand.
