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THE CAT HOUSE, GLASGOW

The very happening Cat house venue was a scene in itself. Situated right in the heart of city centre it gives you a remarkable feeling as you ascend the luminous stairs going up to the equality lit up first floor, the higher you get up there the more music comes looming in great spirits and as something fluent.

This Thursday night performance was by a young group called ‘Dea Matrona’ headlining and ‘Milange’ to support them. Milange are a Glasgow based band, a four piece that put a skiffle into rock n’ roll and had a sense of heavy metal to be regarded. They are a fairly new act over the last few years, but they have definitely made their beginning having played live a lot and the recordings are starting to come round for them. Their originality was precious as the great many styles and influences came to a wonderfully full musical procession.

After that most enjoyable (decent 40 min set) the crowd got ready, the instruments checked with the lights out, it felt like another greatly successful Glasgow night out. The revelry of music was for not least the many fans whooping in the room.

The scene was highly jovial when Dea Matrona stepped on, with already great gusto in their fine sails, they were the second four piece who had come across the water from Ireland. Having formed in 2018 their rock music of original songs has taken to these fans as a fan is to the flame. The night was perfect for this central yet humble scene in their current tour.

It was clear that rock came from the heart of the two singers, Orlaith Forsythe (bass & vocal) and Mollie McGinn (guitar & vocal) who led the act supported further with an absolute drum and secondary guitar all proving to be a sound most recognisable.

Milange professed to being very happy to be a support to Dea…, and the whole place was under that kind of vibe, friendship and music dancing merrily, with attractive people on a stage. All was overrun with exuberance and dedication that in an exemplary way was given to the shared genre of great rock. Breaking loose of its themes and injecting into it pop styles and heavy metal grooves. Disco balls would have worked well. Their attire was spot on for the modern fringes of rock, not need for 70’s spangler’s, instead making time as travellers in thematic mode’s who connect more with their audience.

Great original writing, performing to a truly enlivened great sense of youth’s accomplishments, so fast, and with every given smile a great throw back to happiness. Glad I saw this rock gig where I really enjoyed my introduction to a most wonderful band. They kicked around the floor opening doors in an act that played to a crowd with effortless ease and destructive beauty.

Daniel Donnelly