THURSO-BASED Forgetting the Future are eager to get back on the road after unveiling their debut album shortly before lockdown. 

A few weeks ago, the four-piece unveiled their latest single Cherry - the latest track taken from Broken Phones & Hormones.

The quartet - consisting of singer-guitarist Robbie McNicol, guitarist Jamie Mackay, bassist Max Paul and drummer Connor Wilson - were able to launch the record with a hometown show and will be raring to get back on stage when possible.

In the meantime, with live shows in mind, McNicol gives us a run-through of his First Gig, Last Gig and Best Gig as a music fan and performer.

 

The first gig I ever went to was…

I would have to say Belladrum Festival, which technically isn’t a gig, but I seen so many amazing artists at the young age of nine that inspired me so much to become a musician with the likes of Sea Sick Steve, Twin Atlantic, The 1975, Ed Sheeran and way more!
 

The first gig I ever played was…

The first gig I ever played was when I was about 13 in front of a buck of parents at a local youth club in a tent that fit around 20 people strumming along to Johnny cash’s Folsom Prison Blues, ahah!
 

The last gig I was at was…

The last gig I was at was Neck Deep in the 02 Academy in Glasgow, and by far the best show I’ve ever seen in my life. It was just packed with so much passion and emotion but also completely filled to the brim with energy and excitement.
 

The last gig I played was…

The last gig we played was our album launch back in February at our local night club Skinandies where we managed to punt 450 tickets and sold out the venue for the first time! It was surreal to have so many people singing our whole album back to us on stage!
 

The best gig I have ever been to was…

Like I said before it would have to be Neck Deep in Glasgow, but apart from that gig I’d have to say Sundara Karma at TRNSMT festival last year - it was so sick, the atmosphere was brilliant. It was 30 degrees; the band were on form, and the crowd were loving it! And I also got on the big screen while sitting on my best mates shoulders. Then I had the sudden impulse to give the camera on the fingers...which was fun, ahah!
 

The best gig I have played was…

The best gig we’ve ever played would have to be in Edinburgh for the first time to a packed Sneaky Pete's! It was unreal to have such a great reception on our first time ever playing Edinburgh; we were actually halfway through the set and I noticed a young man have a right good boogie to himself right at the front of the crowd. I eventually asked him up to the stage for our song Towers... he just went for it and it was hilarious. The crowd loved it just as much as we did - ahah, what a guy!