Wired for Sound hit the Electric Picnic with a spring in our step, tents on our backs and a touch of tailback induced stress yesterday afternoon! After hurried pitching of tarps and the like we made our way to the Crawdaddy Stage where Lykke Li had pulled a pretty massive crowd.

Opening with a double whammy of 'Dance Dance Dance' and 'I'm Good, I'm Gone' from her 2008 debut album 'Youth Novels' had body's bouncing from the off, but alas the Scandinavian songstress failed to capitalise playing two or three moody numbers back to back. Festival goers don't do moody at teatime on the opening day of Electric Picnic. Nonetheless things improved towards the end of her set with energetic renditions of 'Breaking It Up' and a cover of Kings of Leon's 'Knocked Up' - wasn't my cup of tea but the crowd seemed to lap it up.

Overall a disappointing set from Lykke Li; badly structured setlist, over reliance on covers and no new material. Having ripped it up earlier this year in Dublin's Button Factory expectations were high...and just weren't met.

Jan