Walking down the aisle to my seat and discovering someone was sitting there, I didn’t think twice about it.
The man quickly apologised and moved across one seat asking me how I was, with myself exchanging the question.
After a conversation and watching the second support act, he told me to have a nice evening and then started walking towards backstage, when the woman behind me said: “Do you realise who you just had a full conversation with?”
It was Murray Matravers, aka, the lead singer of the band I was there to see.
To my housemates’ disappointment, I was unable to recognise anybody in the band but this soon changed.
The concert started off with a bang when the drummer, Oliver Cassidy, jumped on the speaker to end up falling off the stage, almost in slow motion.
Although managing to get straight into the concert, playing ‘Growing Pains’ off their most recent album ‘MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE’.
All their songs bring electric and upbeat vibes to the stage, with a mix of guitar riffs, and drums and bringing in the saxophone and trumpet.
Using lights to create a roof and the letters changing colours in time with the beat added to the concert.
From their first ever gig at The Bodega, to moving on up to Rescue Rooms, Rock City and now Motorpoint Arena – their first ever time playing in an Arena.
It was hard not to see how much they were enjoying themselves from Oliver joining in with the mosh pits to Murray crowd surfing all the way to the back of the crowd during ‘Skeletons’.
Murray shared their feelings: “I just want to say thank you so much, this lifestyle can be pretty tough but you make it all worth it.”
Even mentioning to be “conservative with your battery” to assure we got home safe.
One of my favourite songs of the night was ‘Memory loss’ which brings a meloncholy contrast to the electric vibes drawn into most of their songs.
Ending the night with ‘Dear Miss Holloway’, a song we wouldn’t have expected to end on but was great nonetheless.
An absolutely incredible concert overall and Murray if you see this, sorry I didn’t recognise you – it was brilliant.
Signed by Scarlett 
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