Basic Human Needs: Sleep

Ahead of their performance at the 6 Music Festival in Greater Manchester, Lynks is this week’s Artist in Residence with shows centred on four basic human needs. Tonight is all about their favourite thing in the world, sleep.

Artist in Residence is a journey into the musical soul of an artist. Each episode sees the host bring listeners a selection of tracks, based around a different theme or mood.

Lynks is a cult sensation from London’s underground scene. They have built a reputation as one of the UK’s most electrifying, genre-smashing performers whose riotous live shows have become the stuff of legend. Following their debut album Abomination (2024) they stepped into a bold new chapter with the release of their single, I Didn’t Come Here For Art, in November last year.

At the 6 Music Festival, Lynks will perform at YES, Manchester on Saturday 28th March. Other artists performing across the four-day event include Bloc Party, Courtney Barnett, The Horrors, Jacob Alon, Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set), ‘Mandy, Indiana’, SILVERWINGKILLER, Sorry, Tiberius b, Wesley Joseph and Yard Act. Festival goers will also have the chance to see DJ sets from Beth Ditto & Nick Grimshaw, Emily Pilbeam & Nathan Shepherd, Lambrini Girls and Steve Lamacq as part of an Indie Forever club night. There will also be DJ sets from The Knife’s Olof Dreijer, Aiden Francis and Fig at a partnership event with Homobloc, and performances from Lauren Auder, Naima Bock and R.AGGS as part of a partnership event with FaT OuT.

This year the event will shine a well-deserved light on independent grassroots venues, extending its reach across Greater Manchester and celebrating its independent spirit. The festival will be at iconic live music spaces including Band on the Wall and YES, as well as - new for 2026 - the Eccles Town Hall Ballroom, and there will be new partnership events with local promoters FaT OuT and Homobloc.

Speaking about their upcoming festival performance, Lynks said: “So excited to be playing the 6 Music Festival this March! The only things I consume more regularly than 6 Music are London tap water and MAYBE hot chicken flavour instant noodles. But as far as I’m aware, there isn’t yet a London Tap Water Festival or a Hot Chicken Flavour Instant Noodle Festival. And if there is they haven’t booked me. So, yeah - basically what I’m trying to say is there is not a single place I’m more excited to be than the 6 Music Festival this March in Manchester.”