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
Discography
Into the FoldKilter | May 2010
Four track EP limited to 500 copies, presented in a beautiful hand folded sleeve. To be release on 3 May 2010, with launch nights in Edinburgh and Glasgow on 30th April and 1st May.
Pre-order the EP from Bandcamp
Praise for 'Into the Fold':
"eagleowl create a lush and engaging sound that, whilst down-tuned, is never dreary. .Another nuanced, rewarding release which reveals more dimensions to its character with each return."
**** - Jason Morton, the Skinny
"It’s simultaneously simple, yet heartbreaking, so straightforward and yet utterly complex. Every single one of these tracks is outstanding in its’ own right. eagleowl have upped their game, and if I run the risk of sounding sychophantic, so bloody well be it."
***** - Ed Jupp, 17 Seconds
"'Into the Fold' is undeniably beautiful, delicate and yet it packs a punch (albeit a slow one, a John Woo punch) straight to the heart and ears of any listener. Their best yet."
Ian Greenhill, Have Fun at Dinner
Sleep the Winter (single)
Kilter | December 2009
Seasonal 7" single - strictly limited to 500 copies. Each copy is individually wrapped, and include a free digital download. Order the single exclusively through our bandcamp page - available as a limited edition 7" and download, or as a download only.
Order the 7" single from Bandcamp - including free immediate download
Sleep the Winter is also available to buy from Avalanche and Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh, and Monorail in Glasgow.
Praise for 'Sleep the Winter':
"Eagleowl’s aptitude for meticulously delicate, dewy-eyed alt-folk will be no secret to anyone with a copy of For the Thoughts You Never Had in their collection, yet Sleep the Winter’s gentle strings and appropriately chilly, under-the-breath vocals still manage to constitute an eye-opening step forward. .Both understatedly subtle yet monumentally affecting."
**** - Chris Buckle, the Skinny
"eagleowl have recorded an exquisite song that’s far more than the sum of its parts . a very special band in a league of their own."
**** - Andy Wood, Is This Music
"An excellent piece of work"
Gideon Coe, BBC 6 Music
"Delicious bit of lo-fi post folk what comes charmingly wrapped in hand-made loveliness."
Wendy Roby, Drowned in Sound
For the Thoughts You Never Had EP
Fife Kills: Records | August 2008
Our debut EP was released in a strictly limited edition CD with screen printed hand folded card sleeve. All physical copies have now sold out, but the EP is available to download from Bandcamp.
Download For the Thoughts You Never Had from Bandcamp
Praise for 'For the Thoughts You Never Had':
"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."
***** - Brian Sherry, Is This Music?
"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."
**** - Doug Johnstone, the List (single of the fortnight)
Their slow-burning, fragile folk refuses to betray youthful energy, instead moving with care to preserve the peace behind each song. Most impressively, eagleowl know exactly how to construct a collection of songs that flows from first second to last.
**** - Ally Brown, the Skinny
"gorgeously quavering folk harmonies"
Rob Fitzpatrick, Word magazine
Video
Session recorded for Song, by Toad.
