Social Room aiming for full house at gig
on them. It’s amazing that someone of his calibre has chosen to support us as he doesn’t have to do that, but he feels really passionately about supporting emerging bands from his home city.
“As well as the EP, he’s given us loads of advice on the music industry. It’s easy to get into a rut as a band, but he’s been great at giving us tips on how to get noticed by the industry and how to promote ourselves.”
On stage, Matty is joined by fellow band members Adam Potts on guitar, Simon Bewick on guitar, Alex Gunn on bass, Christopher Leonard on keyboard and Tim Harker on drums, who all hail from the Sunderland and East Durham areas.
With a sound inspired by Brit pop and New Wave, they’ve built up a strong fan base locally over the years thanks to performances at Sunniside Live in Sunderland, Evolution Emerging in Newcastle, Sunderland’s Tall Ships Races, Stockton Calling and We Are Family in Hartlepool.
They’re also set to prove popular at Lindisfarne Festival, which takes place in Northumberland from August 30 to September 2, after winning a competition giving an unsigned band the chance to perform. Matty said: “We’ve got a really good local following and have had a great response to the EP so far, now what we need to do is push that out further.
“We were working on the EP for most of this year so missed some of the big festivals, but want to focus on that in the future and getting our sound heard by even more people.
“We’re also really excited for our gig at The Point, it’s always great to play your home town.”
EP BrightStar is available now from iTunes and Amazon Music.
Social Room play The Point on November 3, Tickets from www.seetickets.com