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SUMMARY:The North
LOCATION:Voodoo Daddy's
DESCRIPTION:Formed in February 2025\, but with a live show which outshines 
 that of groups five times their age and experience\, the north are the lat
 est and greatest export of Leeds’ longstanding\, fervent indie scene. Fr
 onted by singer/guitarist Billy Memphis\, the group have spent the past 12
  months building up a reputation as one of the country’s most exciting n
 ew acts - though they’re not too fussed about the hype train. “Fuck tr
 ying to be cool or mysterious\, we wanna be us\,” says Billy\, “If it
 ’s to ten people or ten million.” After convincing his mum to move the
  family home from Scarborough to Leeds in search of culture at the age of 
 16\, Billy spent the past three years traversing the city’s music scene
 \, eventually forming the north (completed by drummer Sian Keates\, guitar
 ist Kobi Griggs and bassist Mecca Boylan) after cherry-picking the finest 
 young talent in the city. “I found Sîan playing her first ever gig comp
 letely by chance\, covering for a friend in a bar\,” he explains\, “Ko
 bi I discovered on TikTok playing Stone Roses covers.” Macca and Memphis
 \, meanwhile\, had spent their late teenage years in the “darker corners
 ” of Leeds’ punk scenes. “To be honest I picked Leeds to go to becau
 se it was the closest city to home and to my grandparent\,” he says\, ex
 pressing his desire for his songwriting to tell the stories of those dark 
 corners. “However\, two years in I’m in love with this city. Without i
 t I wouldn’t have the three other people that make up this band\, as wel
 l as the experiences that I’ve had here that are the voice of our songs.
  I just love the city\, the shops\, the people\, the Thai food\, Brudenell
  pies and the many different cultures that make this city the city that I 
 love\, and that the band love.” Freshly signed to Communion Records (Wun
 derhorse\, Overpass\, Catfish & The Bottlemen)\, and with a new EP under t
 heir belt helmed by Kev Jones (producer of Wunderhorse’s Cub) \, the ban
 d’s heart-on-sleeve approach is refreshingly direct in a world too often
  plagued with pretenders. “I write about real experiences and the storie
 s and emotions of those experiences\,” says Billy. “Things that have h
 appened to me as a child that I would rather have not have happened\, and 
 have dealt with later on in my life\; my broken family and the burden that
  has held against so many people\; those dark corners of Leeds that I have
  previously mentioned\; the love I feel for my friends\; I write from the 
 perspective of the people I love sometimes too. I write for me at the end 
 of the day - to get things off my chest that I can’t really talk about\,
  but can write about and hide in imagery. But I really do hope that people
  can depict the feelings and emotions of our songs and feel them as their 
 own too.” With a growing fanbase and whispers of a you-have-to-see-this 
 live show\, there’s no shortage of people flocking to feel the north’s
  music. “I want people to just get soaked and obsessed with the north\,
 ” Billy enthuses\, “the way I’ve been obsessed with bands\, and cont
 inue to be. There’s nothing quite like that feeling.”\n\nBoletos: http
 s://www.fatsoma.com/e/5310ssae/the-north
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