Seven Streets | Matt Connarton Unleashed

Welcome to the Show

0:00 Speaker 1: Oh, that is catchy, isn't it? I love that so much.

Introducing Seven Streets

0:02 Speaker 1: That is called Table for Two. The band is Seven Streets.

Niall McInerney Joins the Show

0:06 Speaker 1: And let me bring this up because right now via WhatsApp, we've got Niall McInerney from the band Seven Streets here with us. Hello, Niall.

0:14 Speaker 2: Hi, mate.

0:14 Speaker 3: You okay?

0:15 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.

0:16 Speaker 2: How you doing?

0:16 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. It's great to have you on.

0:19 Speaker 3: Oh, thank you very much for having me on. It's an absolute pleasure.

0:21 Speaker 1: Oh, wonderful. Yeah, I've been anxious to talk to you because, as I'm sure you're aware, we were the first American radio station here at WMNH to play Table for Two. We did a world premiere for it not too, too long ago. So I've been looking forward to having you on. I really love your sound. I should ask you, too, by the way, are you alone or is anyone else from the band there with you?

0:40 Speaker 3: No, it's just me, man, on the floor today.

0:41 Speaker 1: Just you?

0:42 Speaker 2: The rest of the lads there. They're enjoying the Saturday afternoon over in the UK. They're in the pub, I think, I imagine.

0:48 Speaker 1: Oh, okay. I forget that it's not. See, here where I am, it's morning, so the pubs aren't even open yet here. Well, very good. That's very rock and roll of them, actually.

1:00 Speaker 2: I know, yeah.

1:02 Speaker 3: All of us have to do something.

1:04 Speaker 1: I suppose. So now, Seven Streets, the history of the

The Birth of Seven Streets

1:08 Speaker 1: band is relatively short, right? My impression is you guys have come a long way in a very short time, right?

1:16 Speaker 3: Yeah, it seems to.

1:17 Speaker 2: So me and Sean, who's our lead guitarist, we've been just jamming together for about two years, something like that, but wanted to get a band together.

1:28 Speaker 3: And really the band came together in December 2025.

1:31 Speaker 2: And then since then, we've just been, you know, getting out, doing as much as we can and recording as many songs as we can.

1:38 Speaker 3: And yeah, gigging.

1:39 Speaker 2: And it seems to be going well for us so far.

1:42 Speaker 1: Well, I always say, you know you've really got something when it comes together quickly, when something just seems to, you know, when you don't have to force it, you don't have to work at it. Not that there's anything wrong with, you know, putting a band together and really working at it, but when things happen organically, when things just gel very quickly, that's when you know you've really got something.

2:00 Speaker 3: Yeah.

2:02 Speaker 1: Sounds like that's what happened here. And of course, we should mention too, so you're the front man and lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Do you also write the songs, or is that a band effort, or who does the writing?

2:13 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of writing so far of the songs that we've got has come from myself, but it tends to be I turn up with a lot of lyrics and the lads tend to go, you can't have 10 minutes worth of lyrics, so let's cut it down.

2:27 Speaker 3: And then, yeah, we really work on all our songs together.

2:31 Speaker 2: Lyrics-wise, nine times out of 10, it's coming from myself, but the songs come together as.

2:36 Speaker 3: A band and we're all working on it together, which is good.

2:41 Speaker 1: Absolutely.

Liverpool's Music Scene and Pressure to Succeed

2:42 Speaker 1: I get the impression, too, because you guys are from Liverpool, and we've had a lot of bands from Liverpool on the show recently, which is great. So much great music coming out of there. But I ask all the guests that we have on the show who are from Liverpool, I always ask this question. Do you feel any... And I get very different answers on this. Do you feel any extra little bit of pressure being from Liverpool? Obviously, that is kind of the... My impression is Liverpool there is kind of like what...

3:09 Speaker 1: what New York City or Austin, Texas or Nashville, Tennessee are here in the United States. You know, places, Seattle, Washington, places that are known really for having a very powerful music scene, which obviously gives you a lot to draw from, but also a lot to live up to. I mean, is there pressure being a band from Liverpool?

3:30 Speaker 2: I think, I say pressure's not the right word. It's excitement, really, because there's a lot of a lot of bands in Liverpool and a lot of lads and a lot of girls who are wanting to do the same thing so you all tend to be in the same boat and it's a bit of a camaraderie kind of thing I think none of us are daft enough to say let's try and be as big as the Beatles because they're the biggest band in the world so if you take that out of the equation and you just go it's a music city we're all in the same boat there's a lot of people who like going to see live bands and like seeing local bands so you feel the support so I think press is the right word but It's exciting and it's good to be from Liverpool and be able to pick up the mantle and have our own go at it.

4:14 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. And I know that I was reading that

Supporting Local Venues and the Future Plans

4:17 Speaker 1: you guys are really very focused too on kind of giving back to the scene in a way. You're not there in Liverpool just you take from what Liverpool has to offer, but you've been very supportive of local venues there and really trying to do all that you can there. uh you know to help the because regardless of of where it is it's always a struggle in in music even if you're in a place like liverpool which has such a rich history of of musicians it's um it's never easy you know being a musician is it's never easy if you're trying to you really kind of forge your way uh but i get the impression that you guys have been really kind of focused on sort of giving back to liverpool in that sense.

4:59 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think if it was easy, everyone would do it.

5:02 Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, as a lot of people do, how difficult it can be in the music industry. At the time we're at now, it's a bit difficult in Liverpool and a lot of places in the UK because places for bands to go and practice the trade and get in front of live audiences and see what they sound like in big venues and Stuff like that.

5:25 Speaker 3: It's quite limited. So the venues that are.

5:28 Speaker 2: Still open and willing to put bands on, local bands, we just want to do as many gigs as we can there and get as many people down.

5:36 Speaker 3: And keep these venues going. So it's a challenge, but it's good. And again, it's exciting for us.

5:43 Speaker 1: And tell me about, I was reading too that you were recently introduced to Kevin McManus, who's a pretty important, you know, since we're talking about Liverpool, and I don't know anything about Kevin McManus, but I'm curious what you can tell me. I guess he's a pretty important guy there in the music scene in Liverpool and culturally, is that correct?

5:59 Speaker 2: Yeah, so he's a big wig is something I'd say over here in terms of the culture and the music scene and the art scene in Liverpool.

6:11 Speaker 3: So he's been very supportive of us.

6:13 Speaker 2: So yeah, I was introduced to him a couple of months ago and yeah, I just keep sending him videos, keep talking to him over the phone.

6:20 Speaker 3: And he's very supportive of us and he threw an article.

6:23 Speaker 2: Up on the internet on Liverpool's heritage website um you know showcasing us and to be alongside of um he names bands such as like keyside and redrum club and to be alongside those names and if you'd asked me that 12 months ago i just had no chance but yeah.

6:42 Speaker 3: He's been so supportive of us so i can't thank him enough no.

6:46 Speaker 1: That's fantastic uh good for you guys good for you now what's kind of the future trajectory because obviously you have um table for two great track like i said we were the first at least i know we were the first american radio station to play that And then at the end of our conversation, in a couple minutes, we're going to play Live In, which I know is the first single. Another great, great track from you guys. But what's kind of the, or maybe you don't know the answer to this yet, but I'm curious what kind of the future trajectory is as far as releases.

7:11 Speaker 1: Do you plan to keep releasing singles? Are you going to do an EP or an album? Or what's kind of next for you guys? And what's sort of the short-term and the long-term plan.

7:21 Speaker 2: If you know? Yeah, so short-term plan now is to get back in the studio and record our next single. I think we've narrowed it down to two songs, depending on which one we want to do first. But that'll be for the discussion.

7:37 Speaker 3: Over a beer.

7:37 Speaker 2: So that'll be probably the end of September.

7:43 Speaker 3: We'd love to get in. So probably release the end of November. That's the plan. And then EP is probably the next milestone for us.

7:54 Speaker 2: And yeah, we've got a good few songs there that we can release. But yeah, it's just get an EP sorted and gig as much as we can.

8:03 Speaker 3: Get out there.

8:04 Speaker 2: And I think we want to spread across more of the UK now.

8:08 Speaker 3: I think we're doing a lot of gigs in Liverpool.

8:10 Speaker 2: Our next step, live gig and performance-wise, would be to extend more into the North West and around the UK. And then hopefully in a few years' time in the US as well.

8:22 Speaker 1: Absolutely. No, that would be amazing. Do you have any, have you guys done any festivals yet or do you have any festivals that are kind of on the docket?

8:29 Speaker 2: Um, so we're signing up to literally every festival we can get up to. So I think the look to do festivals would be for 2027. I think we just missed, probably just missed the boat for 2026. Um, but yeah, probably next.

8:42 Speaker 3: Year will be the, where we go. Let's, let's, let's go at the festival scene.

8:46 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's good because I know there's a lot of it. Again, I know this from talking to guests who are from that, uh, that, that area.

The Name Behind Seven Streets

8:52 Speaker 1: There's a lot of great festivals that you have access to where you are, and it's so important. The thing that I tell everybody, just from my own experience, is not only when you play a festival, not only does it get you in front of a very large audience who might not otherwise be familiar with you, and it exposes you to potentially this entire new fan base, but also just the people that you meet, the industry people that you meet backstage. that it can be incredibly it's a festival really in my mind it's the ultimate music industry networking event because of the people that you're going to meet and and potentially impress you know when you hit the.

9:27 Speaker 2: Stage so yeah yeah that's it you just you never know who you're going to meet sometimes in these kind of places so as long as when we get there we're top.

9:36 Speaker 3: Of our game that's all that's all i can i can ask for oh.

9:40 Speaker 1: By the way where does the name come from seven streets.

9:43 Speaker 3: It's interesting.

9:44 Speaker 2: So we wanted a name that linked us to Liverpool, but we didn't want to be like it too on the nose, you know, sort of too cringy or sort of, how would I describe it? Like something that's too like, oh yeah, they're just from Liverpool. But we did want that link. So seven streets came from when Liverpool was founded as a city. It was founded on seven streets in the city, in the centre of where Liverpool is now.

10:15 Speaker 3: And some of these streets still exist, like Castle Street.

10:18 Speaker 2: And Tyburn Street and Yeah, so as I said, it was founded on 7th Street, so we thought, oh, that'd be a cool name to have.

10:24 Speaker 3: And it stuck.

10:26 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that is a very cool name. In a moment, so we'll let you go in a second, Niall, but when we do that, we're going to play the track, Livin'. That's how I want to close out our conversation. And by the way, thank you for being with us today, and we'll definitely have you back as you continue to release new music and things progress with the band, and really looking forward to following your career. I became an instant fan as soon as I heard Table for Two. But what can you tell us about this song, Livin', and how did this come to be your first single as a band?

Livin': A Song Born in an Airport

10:57 Speaker 2: Living came out of, so I'm a big Liverpool Football Club fan. I'm not sure if you're aware of who they are or whatever, but big soccer team over.

11:06 Speaker 3: In the UK.

11:09 Speaker 2: So I went away last year to watch them play in the Champions League in Germany. So we were coming home and we missed the flight by like 10 minutes, the connecting flight. So we ended up stuck in an airport in southern Spain. four lads from Liverpool stuck in an airport in Spain what do you do but just go on the aisle.

11:33 Speaker 3: We ended up leaving the airport.

11:35 Speaker 2: And just having a few drinks and staying up all night and then getting the first plane home but that whole experience came from the whole story of living came from that experience really and I took the lyrics to the lads in the rehearsal studio and I had a few chords to it and it wasn't quite working um and then yeah and our bass player just started you know playing a couple of a couple of chords and it sounded he sped it he sped it up a bit and changed the melody a bit and yeah it came together in half an hour and then it was like that needs to be our first single.

12:11 Speaker 1: Oh wow wow yeah well it's like we were talking about you know when it comes together quickly like that then you know you've got something you've got some of that magic that's excellent Very good. So we're going to play that track in a moment.

Wrapping Up and Contact Information

12:22 Speaker 1: But before we let you go, Niall, too, I want to make sure that we let our listeners know where should people go online to keep up with everything that Seven Streets is doing? Where's the best place to go?

12:33 Speaker 3: Best place to follow is on Instagram.

12:36 Speaker 2: Instagram and TikTok is probably the best place to keep up to what we're doing and what we're up to. So it's SevenStreets underscore band. And that's for both Instagram and TikTok. And yeah, that's probably the best place to keep up with what we're doing.

12:50 Speaker 1: Okay. All right. Outstanding. Well, Niall McInerney, thank you so much for joining us today. This has been great.

12:55 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me on.

12:56 Speaker 2: Absolutely.

12:57 Speaker 1: And like I said, we will definitely do it in the future. And I wish you continued success with the band. We're going to hit that track, but we'll let you go for now. But thank you. And we'll talk again soon, I'm sure.

13:07 Speaker 3: Definitely. Thank you very much for having me on. And I'll speak to you soon. All right. You got it. Take care.

13:11 Speaker 2: Bye-bye.

13:12 Speaker 3: Take care. Bye now.

Seven Streets' Music Preview

13:13 Speaker 1: All right, that's Niall from Seven Streets. And let's give this a spin. So this was the first single that the band put out. This is another really great song. I like this a lot. This is called Livin' from Seven Streets.