Welsh Indie Rock Band The Royston Club Bare Their Emotions, In-Studio

Soundcheck | Oct 19

It’s rare to come across a traditional origin story like The Royston Club’s nowadays: a group of small-town kids from Wrexham, Wales, coming together to form a band in high school and taking the stage on open mic nights at their local pub. Their music, woven with nostalgic lyrics and crunchy, anthemic guitars, also feels as though it belongs to a different time. And yet, The Royston Club has no trouble finding new fans with each release and tour they embark on, having hit the top 20 on the UK album charts with both of their albums, Shaking Hips and Crashing Cars and Songs for the Spine. Now based in Liverpool, the band still visits their hometown frequently, keeping all the people that cheered them on close. Even the word “spine” from the title of their latest record refers to those same people in their lives, who hold them up and keep them going, as The Royston Club travels the world to reach new masses. 

The band takes a short break from their US tour to play a few new songs in our studio for this episode of Soundcheck. - Sırma Munyar

Setlist: 1.Shivers  2.Glued to the Bed  3.Cariad

(Photo by Sam Crowston)

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