Orphan Boy @ The Ruby Lounge March 9, 2013

Orphan Boy are Manchester émigrés, originally from Cleethorpes. They are Rob Cross, Paul “Smithy” Smith & Chris Day. They moved there because there was nothing to do and because they were bored. They made music that they declared ‘council pop’. Their live shows soon attracted a rabid following, who remain loyal to this day.

Orphan Boy have locked themselves away for a year writing & demoing songs for their next offering due out in late 2013 – with some major plans afoot. Live outings have been limited but they did come out of the studio to perform a brilliant set supporting The Enemy at Manchester Academy in October 2012. Picture a thousand new devotees singing along to the criminally underrated & poignant ‘Some Frontier’, a true anthem to those that give the most & the families they leave behind. Supports bands don’t normally get asked to do encores, but the Manchester crowd demanded one, sadly on that occasion time was not on Orphan Boys side.

There is a spirit that is propelling Orphan Boy forward. They are in a position whereby all of their contemporaries from the early days have given up the ghost, but they have fought against financial adversity & what they perceive as indifference, to emerge from the rubble. Orphan Boy are a truly special British band – a band who have figured out exactly who they are and what they’re about. Orphan Boy are back, this time they mean business. The music world will take notice. You should take notice. Your loss if you don’t.

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