{"id":56869,"date":"2025-12-19T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/?p=56869"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:08:08","slug":"royston-royston-royston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/news\/royston-royston-royston\/","title":{"rendered":"Royston! Royston! Royston!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56869\" class=\"elementor elementor-56869\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28d2a7a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"26192\" data-id=\"28d2a7a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3accd22\" data-eae-slider=\"27376\" data-id=\"3accd22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e153e92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e153e92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>By Ruaidhr\u00ed Gillen Lynch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last week , Wrexham\u2019s indie rock band, <em>The Royston Club<\/em>, took to the Union\u2019s stage. They bring with them a fanbase who know <em>every <\/em>lyric and <em>every <\/em>chant, and test how loud the speakers can go. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c913a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7c913a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_220610-871x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57044\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_220610-871x1080.jpg 871w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_220610-242x300.jpg 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audiences, Spotify Wrapped and eclectic playlists, these Welsh boys stand out, marked by a sincerity which is often lost in the indie music today. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The result is a fanbase who listen not because it\u2019s the popular genre, not even because they\u2019re so popular, but because the music is genuine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Indie scene today is saturated with many bands merely the product of the money thrown at them, but <em>The Royston Club<\/em> are <em>not <\/em>that. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03fc92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a03fc92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9e864 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9e864\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Starting out in secondary school in 2017 before moving on to local open mic nights in Wrexham in 2018, these boys were homegrown and home-focused long before the success they experience today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking about growing up, frustrations he has felt and, of course, his <em>Cariad<\/em>, singer Ben Matthias sings about real emotions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> His passion is supported by the punchy rock drumming of Sam Jones, and the sharp and aggressive guitar and bass by Tom Faithfull and Dave Tut; the resulting music feels like an expression of everything young.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d7402f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"88422\" data-id=\"1d7402f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6321857\" data-eae-slider=\"72892\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The boys follow in the footsteps of Welsh musical giants like <em>Stereophonics<\/em>, <em>Catfish<\/em> and <em>The Bottlemen<\/em>, and <em>The Manic Street Preachers<\/em>, who have led the Welsh scene in recent decades. But the genuine passion of the fans in the Great Hall on Friday night leaves me in no doubt that <em>The Royston Club<\/em> are on their way to dominating Wales\u2019 indie scene. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Royston Club<\/em> show that Wales is, as ever, a musical and cultural powerhouse, the mantle of which will continue to be carried by the passion of Cymru\u2019s youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091eb3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"091eb3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-813x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57048\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-813x1080.jpg 813w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-68x90.jpg 68w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433-1320x1753.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/20251212_214433.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ruaidhr\u00ed Gillen Lynch Last week , Wrexham\u2019s indie rock band, The Royston Club, took to the Union\u2019s stage. 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