Bart (guitar, glockenspiel, vocals); Clarissa (double bass, vocals); Malcolm (violin, mandolin, ukulele, melodica, vocals), and more often than not, Rob (harmonium). Also perform as part of pseudo-Italian synth horror behemoth Our Ladies of Sorrow.
we've been described as sounding like Hood, the Dirty Three, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Tindersticks, John Cale, Sigur Ros, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Graham Coxon, Low, "the White Stripes without the tits", "like the Jesus and Mary Chain had wandered into a folk club", "proof that you can cross Nirvana with the Proclaimers", "70s bastard grandchildren of doom" and "really atmospheric. Like Braveheart".
lo-fi post folk ensemble from Edinburgh, Scotland. We try and make the best music we can.
The Scotsman said that we sound like "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen." The List once described us as "simply beautiful" in a "Your new favorite bands" article. Is This Music also said that we make "music of simple yet wondrous beauty". The Skinny said we create soundscapes "so delicate - almost hypnotising". Song, By Toad described us as being "torturously slow". Luckily, we're one of the few bands in the world that regard that as a huge compliment.
In the past we've been lucky enough to share a stage with such acts as Field Music, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Woodpigeon, Jack Rose, Chris Corsano, Barzin, Capulet, The Low Lows, Adrian Crowley, Serafina Steer, Broken Records, The Strange Death of Liberal England, Viking Moses, Tiger Saw, Golden Ghost, Zoey Van Goey, Make Model, The Twilight Sad, De Rosa, The Week That Was, Malcolm Middleton, Los Campesinos!, and My Latest Novel.
You can read more or less the same information about eagleowl on facebook and virb and iLike and last fm. Ooh.
For booking enquiries, information, or just to say hi:
info [at] eagleowlattack.co.uk
We have delved through the archives and scoured the local band scene to give you this evening of delights from our national archive, accompanied by fantastic music from three of Edinburgh’s highly acclaimed emerging bands (eagleowl, Found, Meursault). The short films will include classics from some of Scotland’s better knowns and unknowns, but all seldom seen on the big screen. A rare treat indeed.
Additional screening now at the Filmhouse - Saturday 22 August
Tickets are available from the Filmhouse box office on Lothian road, or from the Filmhouse website.
For The Thoughts You Never Had EP. Five track CD presented in a recycled card sleeve, each screen-printed, folded and numbered by hand. £5 (plus p&p).
UK
Outside UK
Copies are also available to buy from Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk (Edinburgh), Avalanche on Cockburn Street (Edinburgh), and monorail in Mono, King's Court (Glasgow). If you go to one of these shops and discover this is not the case, please message us here or info at eagleowlattack dot co dot uk. Thanks.
What the critics have said:
"Well I’ve been excited about this ever since the band generously donated a song to the sampler I gave out at the Song, by Toad Records launch party. That song was Blanket, and it’s gorgeous, and so is this."
"(on 'Blanket') This song title sums up why Eagleowl are so damn perfect - it couldn't be more suitable for their music and the way it envelops you in warm fuzziness, and allows you to drift off into a melancholy, untroubled state of consciousness."
"A wonderfully atmospheric piece of slowcore post-folk, reminiscent at times of Low, with a dash of Scottish sea shanty thrown in here, a soupcon of Adem’s organic melancholy there, all of it positively oozing home-grown, home-cooked goodness."
"Edinburgh's eagleowl are notoriously slow workers, but it'd be missing the point somewhat to wait for a full-length debut album to emerge when this EP has everything but the duration. Their slow-burning, fragile folk refuses to betray youthful energy, instead moving with care to preserve the peace behind each song."
"...five slow-burn post-folk compositions that slyly worm their way into your auditory cortex, then put their feet up and flatly refuse to leave. From the distinctly Appalachian harmonising of opener Sleeptide to the pleasing feedback throb of Blackout, these tunes cast a strange, hypnotic spell."
"(eagleowl's) first EP manages to perfectly capture what has made them such an appealing live prospect. Gentle harmonies and groaning strings combine to create a set of atmospheric slow burners in which every note and nuance sounds completely deliberate and considered."
"... a record to be savoured and appreciated with the same care and attention that the band have clearly lavished on its production. Each track is a carefully crafted work of art, and, as with all the best art, eagleowl are also capable of surprising you. Who knew melancholy could be this beautiful?"
"(on 'sleeptide') You close your eyes and you listen to this and you imagine yourself strung up with tinsel, ornaments, popcorn garlands. You're welcome in any house; you can stay the season; you have no enemies, just gifts at your toes. A pretty, pretty song."
"Blanket is thoughtful, slowly building towards the end but always retaining that folky essence. eagleowl carefully follow the lines of the American indie/folk formula, which is always one of success, it quietly pulls you in without you realising, and leaves you wanting more."
"Eagleowl take their time. There’s nothing rushed. They concentrate on making a few things beautiful. They have made the best music they can, and it just happens to be better than most of what’s around at the moment. If only more people knew."
"(on blanket) ...a song to play for a relentless seedling, destined to sprout, out in the abandoned junkyard. Just like in Wall-E. You know, for all the fragile bits we build our weighty worlds on."
"Each member of the trio contribute vocals, and their sweet harmonies balance out the dark, low-fi folk sound of their songs. The all too brief opener “Sleeptide” softly blooms from haunting a capella vocals into a gentle folk strum. “Blanket” glides in on wafts of strings anchored by the deep bellow of Clarissa’s double bass."
Two tracks form the EP are available as a free download for a limited time only as the first release from the singles club from Where It's At is Where You Are.from the rather lovely small label Where It's At is Where You Are.
Musique Cinematique. August 2006. we performed a live soundtrack to four short avant garde films. For the purposes this show we had the immensly talented Jeff Hallam on drums. Presented by Aurora
We are very excited to announce our first 'real world' photograph exhibition at the 13th Note in Glasgow. To launch this exhibition, we are putting on a show on the opening night - the 6th July.
Tickets are £4 and all profits of the gig will be given to Yorkhill Childrens Foundation.
You can also bring along a mixed cd which you can swap with someone else. Please include a tracklist and have fun with the cover. This is a great opportunity to promote all the bands you love (or your own band) and show your creative side. Please come along, get some new music & badges, view photos, enjoy amazing bands & say hello. :)
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
