Cruush band on the Manchester music scene

Amber Warren and Arthur Boyd of Cruush talk about life on the Manchester music scene

Transcript

00:00 What's it like being part of the Manchester music scene in 2024?

00:04 To be honest at the moment it feels really really good.

00:07 When we were first in Manchester it was pretty dead.

00:15 I think we came in 2017.

00:18 2017, oh my god, yeah.

00:20 We came here, we're all from smaller towns.

00:24 We came to Manchester being like, "Oh it's going to be like Mecca."

00:28 And it's just going to be amazing.

00:32 Loads of bands spin out every bar you go to and stuff like that.

00:36 But it was pretty dead and not very inspiring like we said before.

00:40 But it's just one dead indie genre that was dominating.

00:48 But at the moment it's much more diverse, a bit more alternative.

00:54 Loads of really great promoters who have come up loads in the past few years

00:58 who are putting on more interesting shows.

01:03 And there's a lot of bands who are different genres.

01:07 You still have a tie with them.

01:10 There's a bit of a kindred spirit.