On Tuesday evening, Flyte completely sold out Newcastle’s The Cluny, for an intimate night of dauntingly beautiful folk pop songs. Flyte’s audience have proven themselves to be one of our favourites, they were kind, attentive, fanatic, and loud when they were okay to be. We started the evening with local artist The Early Purple, in solo stripped back form.
Matt, better known as The Early Purple, brought softly spoken folk pop songs guided by soothing guitar play. His simply mesmerising sound got the fully packed venue to a standstill, listening attentively to his wandering folk stories. During his set he had minimal interactions with his audience, but they were all heart-warming and funny. Despite the amount of people at the venue, the event felt like an intimate living room show during which we all got to know the performing artists as if they were our friends.
Different age groups and genders have filled The Cluny and the South African M Field knew exactly how to play them with his colourful tropical pop songs. He brought his warm and undeniably catchy songs on his own, with his guitar, and backing track, and we are still humming along to ‘Fiona’, and ‘Andrew’. Those know that Flyte and their band would have recognised Matthew, as M Field is not just a solo artist but also part of Flyte. Once he returned to the stage, with the band, the audience could no longer contain their enthusiasm.
Their eruptive and incredible enthusiasm was contagious and made the evening a very special one, driven by the transcending alternative folk pop of Flyte and their sublime vocal harmonies. Throughout the entire evening, you could hear a pin drop, and the respectful audience was thanked by each artist for their respect for live music. In-between songs, singer Will Taylor talked so easily it almost felt as if we were listening to stories he was telling his friends and family at a gathering. It made the performance a personal and emotive one, during which the artists shared stories about life, love, and songs that just wouldn’t be written…
The addition of a harp made Flyte’s set a completely angelic one, a cover of Alvvays’ ‘Marry Me, Archie’, and a very heartfelt introduction to the band had the evening end on a high and the audience leave the venue still beaming and with bright smiles on their faces.
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