Wigan
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.backseatmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Lathums-2021-c-Ewan-Ogden-LR.jpeg?resize=335%2C186&ssl=1)
See: The Lathums lift their heads through the gloom to remind us ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’
WIGAN’S current chosen few ply an irrepressible line in slightly folky indiepop! gems, ripe for a singalong, sweet as chocolate, and they;re inviting you to drift away on a sunny afternoon’s daydream on their latest confection, “How Beautiful Life Can Be” – all cool breeze and bright blue skies, hoping for a brighter future; and …
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.backseatmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-Jan-The-Lathums-Foolish-Parley-Video.jpg?resize=335%2C186&ssl=1)
SEE: The monochrome video for The Lathums’ ‘Foolish Parley’
BE SURE: if 2020 didn’t stop ’em, it’s pretty unlikely that whatever weird curveballs 2021 has to bowl at us, this year won’t trouble the rise of Wigan’s new favourite guitar pop sons, The Lathums. They’re ready and willing in the blocks, and the crack of the starting pistol for this year is the noir …
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.backseatmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lathums.jpg?resize=335%2C186&ssl=1)
SEE: The Lathums – ‘I See Your Ghost’: a ska-psych grenade lobbed over pop’s wall
WIGAN’S THE Lathums? I mean, they’re sweet, thoughtful lads (see their recent, very neat plan to raise funds for beleaguered hometown football club by raffling off a one-only vinyl pressing of their cover of northern soul classic, “The Snake”- and there’s still time to enter the draw). But appearances can be deceptive; they’ve followed up …
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.backseatmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Lathums-DW-Stadium-c-Sam-Crowston-LR-scaled.jpg?resize=335%2C186&ssl=1)
NEWS: The Lathums cover ‘The Snake’ – there’s only one vinyl copy!
WIGAN’S upcoming indie popsters The Lathums, who reached no.14 in the UK Album Chart in July with their yellow-vinyl compilation The Memories We Make, have decided to give something back to the town where they grew up. With hometown football club Wigan Athletic entering the troubled waters of administration – those glory days of beating …
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.backseatmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lathums.jpg?resize=335%2C186&ssl=1)
NEWS: The Lathums announce 2021 UK tour, see their latest single
ISLAND’S heart-on-the-sleeve Wigan indiepopsters The Lathums have announced a string of shows for April and May next year, taking in their biggest venues to date – including the historic Manchester Ritz. Tickets for the 13-date British run of dates go on sale at 10am this Friday, July 31st. The full list of dates for the tour are …