Easy Life @ The Joiners Southampton 23/03/19

After being recently signed with Universal Island Records and releasing their new EP Spaceships Mixtape via Universal, this is Easy Life's first ever gig in Southampton after being signed to a major label. The gig felt so surreal being held at The Joiners, an intimate 200 capacity venue in Southampton, which of course Easy Life sold out. From start to finish, the energy level of every performer that entered the stage is off the scales. Support act, Che Lingo and Jacky P get the crowd feeling a sense of euphoria, and they carry their performance with a high energy level, a sense of joy and so much passion - creating a great atmosphere and buzz for headline act, Easy Life to begin their set.

Walking through the back of the crowd to make their long awaited entrance on to the stage, lead singer Murray greets Southampton as he walks through the crowd and he then falls into singing 'Frank', their second single release, acapella, before being accompanied by the instrumental.

Having released Spaceships Mixtape on March 18th, just five days before the gig, it was expected that a few new tunes would be played. Easy life receive a great reception on all of the new tracks they play, but 'Sunday', 'Afters' and 'Wet Weekend' are the standouts. 'Sunday' is the first track where the saxophone is being played, so wonderfully, and it sounds amazing.

An assembly of gifted musicians is what builds up Easy Life, with their talented front-man showcasing his multi-instrumentalist skills playing the keyboard and saxophone throughout the performances as well as performing vocals (obviously not singing and playing the sax at the same time), and the bassist Sam also plays the saxophone, joining Murray on the sax when playing '0520'.

'Slow Motion' itself is rather melancholy and slow track, however they remixed the track with 'Nightmares' after Murray sings "try and get a little bit... high" the track spirals into '0520' and explodes into a jazz wonderland, the two saxophones creating a sensational sequence of rhythm and groove.

Exclusive to Southampton was a track Easy Life have never played before, and they went on to play a track called 'Housebound' the exclusivity resonates with everyone in the room, so when Easy Life play popular track, 'Pockets' - the crowd goes untamed - likewise with 'Nightmares', and it radiates a unique sense of unity within the crowd. Leaving a lasting impression on Southampton, the crowd are left chanting for more and Murray gets flattered and states how this is the first time it has ever happened to them, and they had no more songs left to play. Therefore he left it to the audience to decide on a song to repeat for the encore, and the decider was 'Pockets'. Easy Life cease the night on a high - high energy, high performance, a high reception and a high impression.