eagulls – and so she thinks

Field Day Tunes

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:50:00 +0000

This year’s Field Day line up looks to be as good as ever, with the awesome Caribou, Ex Hex, Django Django, Tei Shi, Eagulls, Hookworms, FKA Twigs, Mac DeMarco, Jack Garratt, Shura and more taking to the stages in Victoria Park on the 6th and 7th June. To whet your appetite, the good crew at Field Day have put together this Spotify playlist. Enjoy!
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Visions Festival

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:05:01 +0000

In the year when the successful Camden Crawl folded, the outlook for Visions was mixed. Was the RIP of CC a sign that we are over wristband festivals, or was it just that new blood is needed. After a successful debut last year, the Hackney one-dayer, with 28 bands playing across four venues, complete with a Record Fair, Comic Book convention, Tattoo art exhibition and Netil Food truck market, wasn’t so grand in scale, but succeeded in inspiration, intimacy and diversity.

In the craft beer hub Brewhouse sophisticated electropop from New Zealand quartet Yumi Zouma has elements of rolling melodies, whilst jangle pop was there in all glory at arts studio Oval Space, with guaranteed good time Veronica Falls and Mollie Rankin’s from Toronto’s Alvvays connective clamour.

Eleanor Friedberger persevered through a chatty crowd in the New Empowering Church, and playing with warm heart and soul endeared the crowd, as the delicate vocals of Swedish sweetheart Alice Boman had earlier.

The Laundry is certainly the heavy house, with the Cheetahs early set leaning to loud grunge rather than melodic shoegaze. It gets heavier for Leeds’ Eagulls, and shocktastic for Perfume Pussy. Andrew WK’s audience are there to party hard. Violent dancing, destroyed amplifiers, stage invasions and crowdsurfing, only ending as W.K’s microphone and piano were unplugged. Crazed carnage.

As frustrating as it us, when nearly all day major band clashes are on, it’s a sign of a stellar line-up is a good one. Whilst Perfume Genius played what I heard to be a deep, atmospheric and beautiful set Policia were haunting and slick as usual, there was the feeling that they may have been a bit weary after their string of festival performances.

Visions – I see a good future ahead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeLb4QAC6M

La Bête Blooms – Wishing I Could Kill

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:39:27 +0000

Proof that beautiful songs are not always born in the most beautiful places, Hull based La Bete Blooms have released Wishing I Could Kill, just over four and a half minutes dreamy glistening pop a la The Cure, The Pixies and contemporaries The Pains of Being Pure of Heart. Tossing hi hats that quiver gently as riffs ramble gently, plaintive vocals and pounding beats combining to create tender, enigmatic pop.
Available as a free download from July 7th, before an EP in October 2014.

Radio – Thoughts & Rhythms Sept 9th

admin — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:27:26 +0000

Dearly Beloved – For Her
The Growlers – Humdrum Blues
Eagulls – Nerve Endings
Splashh – Something’s Here
Top Less – Danger Love
Youth Lagoon – Raspberry Cane
Yoofs – For Her
Spirits Flow – Then Comes Silence Too
Dead Young Friends – Inside Your Head
Dead Leaf Echo – Kingmaker
Love Inks – Solar Diary
Loon Lake – Carolina
Bell X1 – Starlings Over Brighton Pier
Rawshank – Jaguar

Thoughts & Rhythms – Sept 9th 2013 by Francesca Baker on Mixcloud

Eagulls – Nerve Endings

admin — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:24:01 +0000

Just signed to Partisan Records, Leeds four piece Eagulls haven’t lost any of the smudged speedy snarl that first caused a splash when they released debut single Council Flat Blues on Not Even Records. Urgent and energetic, Nerve Endings speeds along, all smudged and snarling. From its opening distorted fuzz it throws itself at you, managing to be at once nonchalant and compelling as singer George Mitchell somehow sneers wistfully ‘I’m nervous and I’m tired.’ The whole thing is one of dense fractious fog, galloping along whilst the wall of guitar doodles in big sweeps of noise. Like its name it tingles and pulls, sending thrills through the body of a slightly electric nature. Out on September 30th on Partisan Records, Nerve Endings, and available to pre order on 7″ and download here, before what we can only hope will be more of the same on the debut album in 2014.
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