Chloe Slater @ The Sunflower Lounge

February 28th saw rising British indie talent Chloe Slater play The Sunflower Lounge on her first ever UK tour, having released her second EP ‘Love Me Please’ only weeks earlier. 

Supporting Slater for the Glasgow, Sheffield and Birmingham dates, The North brought forth an unrelenting set of British indie realness to set the tone for the night. 

Lulled into a false sense of predictability by their The Backseat Lovers-style intro, The Sunny’s audience was struck by a wall of punchy drums. With no time to recover from the energy of their opening track, The North rolled straight into the overdriven bass riff that defined their second song, punctuated by cinematic cymbals from Sian Keates on drums. The range from effortless and unbothered tones to spoken-word confession, and gritty near-screams in captivating frontman Billy Memphis’ vocals speaks to a sophisticated range of influences on the band from post-punk, shoegaze, indie-rock, funk bass, and grunge, to the tentative suggestion of Midwest emo. The pace and intensity of their huge sound, anchored by their emphatic drums, compliments the writhing, frantic and urgent energy of their music. 

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