| Eagleowl | |
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eagleowl at Homegame festival 2010 (Anstruther, Fife) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie Folk, Slowcore |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Fife Kills Kilter |
| Website | www.eagleowlattack.co.uk |
| Members | |
| Bartholomew Owl - guitar, vocals, glockenspiel Clarissa Cheong - double bass, vocals Malcolm Benzie - violin, mandolin, vocals Rob St John - harmonium, mandolin, vocals |
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Eagleowl are a lo-fi, post-folk band from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Eagleowl are Bartholomew Owl (guitar, vocals, glockenspiel), Clarissa Cheong (double bass, vocals), Malcolm Benzie (violin, mandolin, vocals) and Rob St John (harmonium, mandolin, vocals).[1][2]
The Scotsman, in a 2009 interview, described the band as "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen."[3] The band's sound has been compared to Low, Galaxie 500, The Dirty Three, John Cale, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and The Low Anthem.[4][5] In an interview with The List, Bart Owl cited Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention, Alasdair Roberts, Smog and Edinburgh contemporaries Broken Records and Withered Hand as influences on the band.[6]
They have released two EPs and a single to widespread national critical acclaim: For the Thoughts You Never Had EP (2008: Fife Kills Records); 7 inch single Sleep The Winter (2009: Kilter); and Into the Fold EP (2010: Kilter). Sleep The Winter was featured on the soundtrack to BBC drama Lip Service on 9th Nov 2010 [7][8] and Into the Fold EP has received radio play from XfM, BBC Radio Scotland's Vic Galloway [9] and BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe.[10]
In 2009 eagleowl were commissioned by the Edinburgh International Film Festival to soundtrack a series of films from the Scottish Screen National Archive alongside Meursault and FOUND.[11] In February 2010, Eagleowl recorded a live studio session for Vic Galloway's BBC Radio Scotland show.[9]
Eagleowl played a number of notable festivals in 2010: End of the Road,[12] Fence Records Homegame,[13] and Haarfest and the Edinburgh Popfest (run by Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy). At the Homegame festival in March 2010, eagleowl recorded a camper van session for BBC Scotland.[14]
Malcolm Benzie played in a short-lived band called Woodpigeon Divided By Antelope Equals Squirrel in Edinburgh with Mark Hamilton[15] who went on to form Woodpigeon in Calgary, Canada. Eagleowl and Woodpigeon have regularly collaborated since. Bartholomew Owl and Malcolm Benzie played with Woodpigeon on their 2008 tour of UK and Ireland, and feature on the EP Balladeer / For All The Guys I've Loved Before (2010: Boompa). Eagleowl also collaborated with Woodpigeon on their 2010 UK tour, culminating with a main stage set at End of the Road Festival.[12][16] The creative friendship is celebrated in the Woodpigeon song Woodpigeon vs. Eagleowl (Strength in Numbers).
Bartholomew Owl also plays regularly with Iceland's Benni Hemm Hemm, and has appeared as guest vocalist on the Meursault single William Henry Miller Pt. 2 (2009: Song, by Toad Records), and Withered Hand's album Good News (2009: SL Records).