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Six-stringer Jake said: “We’ve got quite a retro sound but with a modern twist. Our guitar has a lot of the sound of people like Johnny Marr from The Smiths but then there’s a modern, indie energy to our music.
“I’ve not heard other bands who sound like what we’re doing, which is a good thing.
“Look Back was written last summer in the middle of the pandemic. It’s about going out in search of your lifelong dreams, not looking back and focusing on the future.
The message is that there is a brighter day.”
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Garden Party, whose singer Liam Horrocks is from Billinge and whose bassist Harry Brown is from Atherton, round out the local representation with In The Middle.
All three acts have also received a double helping hand to kick off 2021 by being named among radio station XS Manchester’s ones to watch this year.
The Wigan music scene is enjoying a real lift at the moment with bands such as The Lathums signing record deals and many of the musicians know each other, with all three acts revelling in their joint success of making it onto Big In 2021.
Jack Heaton from Flechettes said: “This is great for us and for the other Wigan bands on there. It feels like we’re really turning a corner.