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Review: Easy Life, Trinity – ‘Their energy was completely infectious’
Easy Life were not going to perform in Bristol as part of their UK tour for their sophomore album, Maybe in Another Life. When lead singer, Murray Matravers, announced this at Trinity the whole crowd booed.
The five piece band performed to a sold out crowd as part of BRITs Week, the annual series of gigs giving people the opportunity to see some of the biggest names in music in intimate venues.
This year’s series was in partnership with War Child, with all proceeds from the gig going to the charity.
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The band came out to riotous applause from the crowd opening the night with their track Growing Pains taken from their second album. A groove-filled track that had everyone nodding their head, tapping their feet and swaying from side to side.
From mosh pits to crowd surfing, the gig had it all. photo: Nathan Cole Media
They set the bar high for the night but they didn’t let us down. Speeding through track after track, it made you realise just how many hits the band have since their inception in 2017.
The band moved from track to track as smoothly as they moved from instrument to instrument. The five piece band squeezed on stage alongside three backing singers with all of them handling the saxaphone, trumpet, keyboard and guitar at some point.
The setlist included tracks from their entire back catalogue, from their debut single pockets to their live debut of ANTIFREEZE.
Their energy was completely infectious, from Murray crowdsurfing during nightmares to Oliver, the drummer, coming to the front of the stage to start a chant or a clap.
The band refused to conform to what a setlist is supposed to look like; going from the lively track of skeletons (where a brief mosh pit ensued) to the soft and slow ocean view (a personal favourite).
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If it was an attempt to keep the crowd on their toes then it didn’t work as the crowd segued into each song as effortlessly as the band on stage. These were dedicated fans and it only made it more of a surprise as to Bristol not being included on the original tour dates.
Unknowingly, I seem to have bookended their tour, attending their opening night in Bristol along with tickets for their closing night at Alexandra Palace in London at the end of the month.
After watching their set at Trinity, I only wish I had booked tickets for every night of their tour.
Main photo: Nathan Cole Media
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