Northern Soul

9/28/2024

Set against a fairly impoverished background of the north of England in the mid 1970s, we follow the adventures of two young men who are getting to grips with life. "John" (Elliot James Langridge) and"Matt" (Josh Whitehouse) are united by the love of the burgeoning soul sound emanating from the USA and are soon hosting their own dance nights for the locals. Thing is, though the evenings themselves do quite well, they also attract some local ne'er-do-wells and events, some drug-fuelled, start to take on a more violent aspect that challenges the two men and their respective attitudes to each other, to their friends and to the music too. Insofar as it's another gritty tale of growing up in a post-industrial part a of strife-ridden nation, it works well at illustrating just how the music offer