THE 2017 ArcTanGent festival is nearly upon us, running from August 17 to 19. 

The festival is to be exclusively headlined by Converge and Explosions in the Sky; it is the only chance to see these bands in the UK this year.

They are joined by an exciting range of emerging rock artists. 

Brian Cook of Russian Circles are playing again this year. 

He said: "Why is ArcTanGent awesome? Because it's a festival coordinated and curated by people who are more interested in doing something artistically awesome, than in doing something high-profile to attract beer companies to throw money at them. 

"And the people that show up are genuine fans. It's such a positive environment. We're very excited to be back." 

See arctangent.co.uk for the full line-up and tickets.