Day 2 went like a breeze compared to the first day of the slow, bravely and chaotic Primavera Sound 2025. The performances I saw were a little more here and there, appearing on the same stage as Wolf Alice and Sabrina carpenters taking over the Beach House, but unified by the idea of simply putting on a good show. (For both Carpenter and Heim, there were strong affirmations of the audience’s heat.) Chronologically, there are six highlights from the second day of Primavera Sound 2025.
A little bit of a weak Litte horse, a little bit more Wolf Alice
It’s weird to think that the weak little horse and the wolf Alice played the same stage an hour apart. The two bands have sounds influenced by grunge, which are not common across wildlife in their names, and are exploiting them in a very different way. I could only catch the last few songs on the weak little horse show. By contrast, Wolf Alice’s set, starting with his confident new song, “Bloom Baby Bloom,” was occasionally rough, surprisingly Grammy, and stood out for its vague traditionalism. Snapped between those riffs were the band’s most moving songs, “The Last Man on Earth” and “Don’t Delete The Kisses.”
MJ Lenderman joins Waxhatchee
That was somewhat expected. With MJLenderman on the same stage on Saturday, it was a great opportunity for Waxhatchee to take him on an evening set at Cupra. Lenderman sang and played guitar in the duet “Right Turn” and “Burn Out in the Midnight”, while guitarist Liam Cazar featured backing vocals in his previous highlight “The Evil Spawn.” The entire band, featuring drummers, bassist Eliana Ateide and multi-instrumentalists Cole Bergren and Colin Croom’s Spencer Tweedy, were elegant yet enthusiastic, allowing Katie Crutchfield’s showmanship. Her show focused only on subsequent songs –Holy Cloudthat makes sense. Considering that her drinking journey began in Barcelona, ”it was in Primavera in 2018.” I said – The facts highlighted by her dedicateting “Oxbow” to the city. Her joy echoed in the crowd: “I did a good show for you,” she sings with a smile on her closed “fire.” In fact, it’s pretty amazing.
Heim finds their way home
Charisma makes a great case for you to shine from Heim as soon as you enter the stage, making it the most illustrious way to return. With the new album coming out at the end of the month, the group was scattered across three of their singles, “Relationship,” “Is Wrong,” and “Everyone Trying to Understand Me,” as well as an unreleased country rock song called “Blood in the Streets.” I quit. Their stage banter alone is appealing, but Heim introduced another element to the show. At one point, saxophonist Nick Elmann urged him to deliver a “sexy and sexy” saxophone solo. “I stopped giving up,” read the sign read during “Dont Wanna” as a way to live it. It provided hilarious contextual clues about “relationships” that entertain even beginners. It acted as a kind of magic 8 ball. He then declared, “Your audience is hot.” “Summer Girl” captured the atmosphere throughout the night. Blade. Everyone had one hell of time, but the non-musical bit of entertainment wasn’t enough to distract you from the fact that Heim is still the center of attention.
Cosmic Minimalism in the Beach House
It hasn’t changed much in the Beach House universe since the band played Primavera in 2022. This was also my first time at a festival. One of the biggest differences was in the set list. Last time, about half of them were devoted Melodies twice oncethis remains their latest album, but this selection is more balanced and evenly across records. It’s going to become EP and heavy focus Depression Cherry and 7. There was also the strange absurdity of “opening” for Sabrina Carpenter. Espresso was not a stimulant for this crowd choice, but many of them were stuck with the headliner. The presence of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scully’s stages remains restrained, yet completely appealing, and this time taking the main stage, something brilliant about the modest, high-intensity events. The effect also virtually unchanged, and rose naturally. “We want to find a way to play both a small, intimate show using a setlist of deeper cuts and a setlist of larger cuts, as we’re playing now,” the duo said recently. This is the last one planned for 2025 and how to go out.
Sabrina Carpenter asks:
🚨| @sabrinaannlynn First performance of “Manchild” live performance at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelonapic.twitter.com/e0sixdbhiw
– Sabrina Carpenter All-News💋 (@scanews_) June 6, 2025
“And how do you survive this much on Earth?” Sabrina Carpenter’s headlining performance coincided with the release of her new single, “Manchild,” which she performed for the first time at the festival. The singer was able to bring in a variety show-themed show and set-up and land it in the inverted phase, but it was her own sense of humor that made it so sassy and cheesy. It wasn’t necessarily an easy task unless you compare it to the Extravaganza of Charli XCX, Troye Sivan and FKA Twigs. Short n’s sweet. Carpenter had to fill it out with lots of jokes and another live debut. This time we’re covering the Weather Girl “It’s Raining Men.” But “please,” “junho,” and “espresso” were all hidden at the end, but Carpenter went out with a bang.
Screams with wet legs
Maybe it was a matter of timing – all those who fell into the flood from the other side of the forum – but the wet leg show at Cupra, the same stage they performed in 2022, was extremely crowded. Split their set almost equally between their beloved self-titled debut and future debut Moisturizertheir return was exhilarating, and busyness began to make meaning with the music – especially when they instructed the audience to scream. Of the unreleased songs, listed as “Pillow Talk” and “Jennifer’s Body,” are now the most exciting to hear on the record, with “Chaise Longue” and “CPR” respectively closing with the oldest and most recent songs. Graduating to the main stage didn’t seem like a concern, but at this point it feels like it’s certain.
