The Eye Jab

"I'm bigging them up I think this is a great tune" Guy Garvey, Elbow,

"Hugely impressive for their first single" Colin Murray, Radio 1



"Everyone has their bands that they listen to religiously, the sort of bands that speak to them like no one else can… that's what we're aiming for."



That's a bold statement to make for any band but for

Newcastle quintet The Eye Jab it's one that's steeped in honest ambition.

Formed little over a year ago, the group set out to avoid the angular pop scene that the north east has become famous for, preferring instead to sit in their tiny rehearsal space and write songs about girls they fancied at primary school.

Still in their early twenties, the group channel the midnight tones of The Smashing Pumpkins and the urgency of Arcade Fire to produce beautifully understated epics that find nimble piano lines paired with intricate rhythm work.

Producing pop on a grand scale, The Eye Jab have a knack of milking drama from their small-town dissatisfaction and turning them into soaring odes to lost-love that often outrun the five-minute mark. Of course, any band which produces glacial pop on the scale of Sigur Rós, while squeezing in lyrical references to Greggs pasties, deserves plaudits for brazen incongruity alone.

The group's debut single, Who Sill Believe In Love, is a touching exploration of what love really means in a world seemingly obsessed with cheap fumbles in the dark, whereas flipside Alison is about the once popular girl in school who has since settled for a life of begging in bakery doorways.

With a knack for being able pack a million ideas into each of their songs without ever sounding bloated, The Eye Jab are surely next in line to inherit the alternative pop crown of any band you'd care to mention. Andrew Fenwick, the metro



This Newcastle quintet know how to make an impact without screaming in your face, almost a rarity in bands these days. Their songs are woven from a subtle blend of musical strands that are smart without getting clever. Artrocker

"Artrocker Recomended" Newcastle quintet The Eye Jab have made a tricksy banger. Tricksy becasue it makes you feel drunk, or stuck between two rooms at a party, one room is playing a rimshot jazz and the other is playing midperiod Scritts - blend them together, but slightly out of time and you have Eye Jab. Fascinating stuff it is too, litter with sublime harmonies it remains bonkers in the most beautiful way. Definately check out this bunch - they're great! Tom Artrocker - Single Review - Artrocker Oct 2008



THE EYE JAB - WHO STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE directed by Herod 'OK La?' Mchugh (single 2008 Salvia)