The Fireworks has been played on NTS shows including A Colourful Storm, with All The Things That You Said first played on 15 July 2024.

The band began in secret in 2011 when Matthew would sing some of his songs over the phone lines to his friends. Over time they convinced him to start a real group so everyone could hear them. Close friends Emma (Pocketbooks), Isabel (Things In Herds), and Carys (The Give It Ups) were finally drafted in and The Fireworks began in a burst of noise, snap, crackle and P!O!P!

They immediately started playing gigs -- Indietracks, Indiepop Days Berlin and the Nottingham…