Eades

“leather-jacketed cool” The Guardian Tracks of the Week

“What a brilliant band” The Sunday Times Breaking Act 

“punchy and familiar” The FADER | “Get to know Eades” NME 

“atypical blend of sun-kissed indie and new wave” DIY

“controlled chaos on a sonic level” Brooklyn Vegan 
 

June 19th - Independent indie rabble-rousers Eades release new single ‘Constantly’ and announce headline tour dates. New EP Fight or Flight out August 14th via their own label Bam Bam Records. 

‘Constantly’ sees Eades deliver an easy  groover, underpinned by organ drones and sparky guitars playing off of one another.

Transatlantic influences pervade the five-piece’s classic indie sound, glued together by the songwriting and vocal swapping partnership of Harry Jordan and Tom O’Reilly.

In this instance, Harry Jordan explains the themes behind the track, which skew darker and more honest than is often the case in his writing - observing close-to-home issues:

"Having spent around ten years in the Leeds music scene it’s become quite apparent to me just how normalised and almost expected drug and alcohol abuse really is.

I fear without having stability in my own life, that I am fortunate to have with my fiancé and a job I love, I same thing that has happened to a lot of people I care about could have happened to me. We are now at an age where we are starting to see the effects that  long term alcohol and drug abuse can do to a person. I realised over the last year or so that I have a number of friends that I don’t think I have seen sober in a very long time and it’s scary to be honest. 

A small few people I know have accepted help and done something about it, but a larger number refuse to accept that they have a problem at all. The strain I have seen it take on a number of peoples mental health has become quite harrowing. 

I wrote this song about two years ago around the time I started becoming a lot more aware of these issues. Even though the instrumentation of the track is playful and it’s definitely a fun one in our live set, I think the lyrics are some of the rawest I have ever written. For the first time ever I feel quite nervous putting this one out!”

Combining the creative values of Wilco, Sonic Youth and Sparklehorse with the immediacy of The Velvet Underground and The Clash  they’ve adapted and evolved over the last couple of years - continually touring around the UK, as well as over the shores into Europe. Their tight self-produced sound, and story-telling approach has crystalised into a winning calling-card.

This ‘build it and they will come’ approach has already seen enviable successes. Photoshoots with iconic photographer Rankin for HUNGER, shout outs from The Guardian, live sessions at Abbey Road Studios, and stand-out sets at Left Of The Dial and The Great Escape, amongst other tastemaker festivals, mark the band out as serious contenders.

No longer green to the industry - and working on their own terms - Eades are putting theory into practice. Comfortable in their own skin, and taking the wins as they come, there’s no lack of ambition to take their riveting concoctions to the masses. All of this is beholden to a quietly confident maturation that speaks to a band in complete control.

Fight or Flight the new EP by Eades - is out via their own label Bam Bam Records on August 14th.

Eades are Harry Jordan (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Tom O'Reilly (Lead Guitar, vocals), Sam Wilde (Bass), Dan Clifford-Smith (Drums) and Tom Barr (Synths, Percussion, Vocals).