By Amélie Peters, Music Sub-Editor
Alluring, charismatic charm seeps from the band, wicked smiles and an attitude made wholly for the stage. Their do it yourself approach to music production allows for a sound that is entirely admirably theirs.
Suitably clad in double denim, front man Harry Jordan has all the swagger and confidence of a rock and roll star and the skill to match.
Stopping by Bristol on their whirlwind tour, Eades deliver a cacophonous set, leaving an audience wanting more, the silverly tones of voluptuous music resonating in the minds of the Wednesday night audience forever.
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'My first time', suitably named given the prepubescent nature of the band are a force to be reckoned with. Powerful chords, lyrically aggressive modernism and a level of irony to put the cast of Seinfeld to shame.
'Wind up merchant' the obvious frontrunner of their track, is the quintessential example of catchy lyrics and loveable antagonist. 'My first time' are a small band going places, you don't want to miss out!
Lyrically clever with purposely precocious references, they are charming, erudite and probably up way past their bed time.
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EP 'Fight or flight' the latest of the bands releases opens with the charmingly witty 'Fade away' and undeniably serendipitous lyrics 'I got a degree and thought it was funny', probably quite safe to say I've never been so violated and simultaneously seen by lyrics. Guys, a theatre degree is a real degree I swear!
It's easy to pick up a guitar and vomit quasi-emotive lyrics about failed relationships, the discussion of the ambivalent architecture of life and the zealous passivity of passing time takes skill, which Eades have in abundance.Distinctive and characteristic, the band have actually got something to say and the only word that seems to fit the lyrical aesthetic is jammy.
Fight or Flight, the titled song off the EP is much softer than the preceding tracks, the lyrics are a little more uncertain to start then mature into a faster paced piece. At the two-thirty mark the song almost seems to come to an end, as if the speaker is whispering to the songs muse, the epitome of romance, the songs progression is captivating and seemingly echoes the inevitable passage to heartbreak.
Back seat politic, whilst one of their slightly older tracks deserves a mention. True originality when talking about love and lust within music is hard ad I think Eades might have done it with Back seat politic. Although I'm not entirely sure what the song is about it feels like an ode to something lost and a romanticisation of something gone. A jolly early two thousands yearning and an injection of absurdism cumulates to create something wonderful and entirely unexplainable.
It would be difficult to talk about Back seat politic and not directly quote the phrase 'They forget about us down here, In the basement, I'll give blood,I'm an alligator'. If this doesn't optimise the band I don't know what does.
A swirling mass of audience revel at the feet of those delivering sound, Eades on their plinth of cables smile down knowing that this is in fact a very good set. The atmosphere is eccentrically palpably electric, the mood in the room is raucously joyful and it couldn't have been more fun.
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