After two highly successful shows at Splashy Fen this year, Durban's latest acoustic-pop folk offering, The Subway Run, have affirmed the hype leading up to the event by being mentioned as one of audience's standout performances.The Subway Run came highly recommended, including by festival organiser Stu Berry.They did not disappoint. Rather promising praise for a group that only started gigging nine months ago. By all accounts they are the next "big thing" on the local music scene.The band's singer and guitarist Freddy Lalendle, 23, has long had aspirations of a music career and had been performing at open mic nights in Durban for years.Lalendle's fiancé, Celene Ann Adams, 23, would sing along and harmonise during practice and was recruited into the mix.It was at one of these sessions that Bradley Downs, 31, jumped on stage while Lalendle and Adams were performing and chimed in with his harmonica.He joined the band there and then."Celene, Brad and me instantly clicked. After we all got off stage we chatted and decided to start The Subway Run," says Lalendle.Since then the group has been making steady waves, and have played at just about every live music venue Durban has to offer.Lalendle's gruff, deep George Ezra-style voice, matched by Adams' gentle harmonies and Downs' bluesy guitar riffs, create the group's signature sound."Our style is a mix of bluesy folk and African soul. But we are still working on our sound. We have so many inspirations from many different musical styles that we are in the process of incorporating into our own sound," says Lalendle."Because Freddy is black, I am coloured and Brad is white we see ourselves as a unity of people. Each one of us adds a unique dynamic to the group," adds Adams.And the name?"The idea of a subway is a way for people from all walks of life to gather in one spot and move forward to reach a common destination together. That's what we're all about," says Lalendle."We're a family on a journey to bring people together."The Subway Run are planning to release their first single this month with an EP to follow, as well as tours to both popular and obscure music venues across the country...