ROCK REGENERATION

The Lighthouse in Poole, formerly known as Poole Arts Centre is the home of local monthly music night “Live & Unheard”. The event is hosted by local musician and owner of Dorset’s Hangover Hill Music Studio Matt Black, along with his partner Mel Berkhauer. The event is held on the first Wednesday of each month and gives a platform for a host of local musicians. Tonight’s event has a Rock theme and Matt has gathered together three of the area’s most up and coming bands.

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The first of these is a band I had the fortune of catching when they played a charity event I was hosting back in December. Creeke are a four piece band from Bournemouth who were founded in 2018 by two childhood friends Ryan Jaszek and Billy Jones, who got together out of a shared love for music. The duo added Huw Tucker on drums and tonight their line-up features bassist Ed Flynn of “White Heat”. The guys open with their recently released single “Circus”, which shows their slightly grungy influences and obvious natural talent. Frontman Billy at just 17 shows a maturity well beyond his years with some really great vocal delivery. The original compositions include the dark and moody “Wolves”, along with “Cut me Loose” which features a well put together lead guitar piece. The band’s second single “Smokecreen” really sees them reach their stride with a great delivery of an infectious tune, that the audience seem to really enjoy. The boys save their best ’til last and play a new untitled tune that is really well crafted, with plenty of unexpected twists and turns. They leave the stage after a memorable set to lots of positive noise from the audience.