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eagleowl

...can harm a man, but kill a dog

About Me

lo-fi post folk ensemble formed in Edinburgh in January 2005. We try and make the best music we can.
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" in a four star review of one of our gigs (the one with Broken Records. That was a good gig.) 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, Make Model and The Twilight Sad.
You can read more or less the same information about eagleowl on facebook and virb and iLike and last fm . Ooh.

We're on the first Cry Parrot sampler - click the image to download. It's free!


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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

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Member Since: 7/1/2005
Band Website: eagleowlattack.co.uk
Band Members: Bart (guitar, glockenspiel, vocals); Clarissa (double bass, vocals); Malcolm (violin, mandolin, ukulele, melodica, vocals). Also perform as part of pseudo-Italian synth horror behemoth Our Ladies of Sorrow .
Influences: Click for more info: low , sparklehorse , the pixies , johnny cash , the breeders , david lynch , magnum p.i. , hank williams , chinese food , short walks and long naps , trees of all sizes , gorky's zygotic mynci , the delgados , neil young , jim jarmusch , william burroughs , all our friends and loved ones , pavement , sebadoh , old samurai movies , kid dakota , grandaddy , facial hair , william blake , hunter s thompson , samuel smith's range of quality ales , the animal kingdom , dr. teeth and the electric mayhem , tom waits .
Sounds Like: 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".
Record Label: a e i o u , fife kills
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Winning Sperm Party

Review of our (two-piece) show at the Collective Gallery in May.It's the closest a review has ever come to making me cry.winning sperm partyBartx...
Posted by eagleowl on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:51:00 PST

End of year round-up

2007 has been really fun.      I just want to say a bit thanks to Emily from tracer trails (who just might be our gaurdian angel - see below) who put on the Woodpigeon shows, ...
Posted by eagleowl on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:18:00 PST

Eagleowl intterupts Finland-Belgium Euro Qualifier

First the facts. In front of a near-capacity crowd of 34,818, Finland rebounded from a dreadful performance against Serbia with a 2-0 win against a rather mediocre and insipid Belgian side.Jonatan Joh...
Posted by eagleowl on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:55:00 PST

Eagle owl's owner fears for pets

The owner of a 3ft owl which has escaped from its home in West Lothian has spoken of his fear for the safety of his neighbours' pets. Chris Imlach, 34, said the large European eagle owl could easily ...
Posted by eagleowl on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:39:00 PST

Giant dog-eating owl on the loose

If you are afraid of birds with big flapping wings, turn the page now - before you nightmare becomes reality. A giant owl with a 1.7m (5.5ft) wing span, which could easily swoop down and kill cats and...
Posted by eagleowl on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:00:00 PST

Rare owl has a hoot in the city

A Massive owl with a wingspan of more than 6ft is swooping around Inverness city centre. The eagle owl, the largest in Europe, has been thrilling crowds after it arrived recently. One of its favouri...
Posted by eagleowl on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:47:00 PST

MY space, not Barts.

Hmmm, I am Malky and feel under-represented on this page so here is my first ever blog: I bought new shoes yesterday. On Thursday I am going camping at the greenman festival in Wales. If you are there...
Posted by eagleowl on Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:51:00 PST