THE AMAZONS’ Matt Thomson and Chris Alderton dropped into Oxfam Music, on Duke Street, to perform an intimate, acoustic gig on Thursday, August 18.
Just after 6pm, they arrived at the charity shop to a queue which stretched to Jackson’s Corner.
With just two guitars and a mandolin, Matt and Chris performed songs from their new album, How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me.
The show comes just three weeks before the album is due to drop, when the band will begin a tour of music stores around the country.
They performed the title track, as well as recently-released single Bloodrush, and festival anthem Junk Food Forever, from their debut album.
They closed the gig with the song which catapulted the band to fame, Black Magic.
As well as performing, Matt and Chris chatted about the upcoming album, due for release on Friday, September 9, and stayed to pose for photos and chat to fans.
During the gig, frontman Matt said that the venue meant a lot to him, as he used to work there.
He relayed a story of the day their song Black Magic was written, when he realised he should have turned up to a shift at the music store.
We speak to Matt and Chris about the gig, and review the album, How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me, in next week’s Reading Today.
