Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton
Eamon live with Brakes in Liverpool, September 2004
Background information
Birth name	Eamon Peter Hamilton
Born	Stewart, British Columbia, Canada
Origin	Brighton, UK
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Labels	Rough Trade, Fat Cat, Tugboat Records
Associated acts	Brakes, British Sea Power
Website	Brakes Official Website

Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes^[1] and formerly played keyboards for British Sea Power.

Biography

Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band Brakes, born on 19 April 1974 in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK.

Hamilton moved to Brighton in 2000 and in 2002 was recruited to play keyboards for British Sea Power live. The band were reportedly impressed that—without warning and during a song without keyboards—Eamon went off into the crowd banging a drum. Due to touring commitments with Brakes, Hamilton left British Sea Power in January 2006.

Hamilton has recorded and played live under a number of different guises. One of his main projects was Brighter Lunch, also featuring Matt Eaton, now of Actress Hands.

In August 2002, Tom and Alex White of The Electric Soft Parade saw Hamilton performing solo and offered to play guitar and drums, respectively, with him. They were joined by Marc Beatty, of Mockin' Bird Studios and The Tenderfoot, to play bass. Brakes was born. Their debut single, Pick Up the Phone, was released in 2004 on Tugboat Records and an album, Give Blood, followed in July 2005. In October 2006 they released their second album The Beatific Visions

On 1 September 2008, Hamilton married the American author Koren Zailckas in Romainville near Paris.

Selected discography

Brighter Lunch

"Going My Way" – 2001, self-financed
"Call A Medic" – 8 October 2001 on Monkey Tennis

Brakes

Albums

Give Blood – 4 July 2005 on Rough Trade Records
The Beatific Visions – October 2006
Touchdown – 20 April 2009 on Fat Cat Records

Singles and EPs

"Pick Up the Phone" – 20 September 2005 on Tugboat Records
"All Night Disco Party" – 13 June 2005 on Rough Trade Records
"Ring A Ding Ding" – 17 October 2005 on Rough Trade Records
"Hold Me in the River" – 4 December 2006 on Rough Trade Records
"Cease And Desist" – 26 February 2007
"Beatific Visions" – 20 August 2007

References

↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: Breaks". AMG. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

External links

British Sea Power

Yan Hamilton Noble Wood Abi Fry Eamon Phil Sumner

Studio albums	The Decline of British Sea Power Open Season Do You Like Rock Music? Man of Aran Valhalla Dancehall Machineries of Joy From the Sea to the Land Beyond Happiness Sea of Brass

EPs	Remember Me The Spirit of St. Louis Krankenhaus? Zeus Valhalla V.I.P. BSP EP1 BSP EP2 BSP EP3 BSP EP4 BSP EP5 BSP EP6

Singles	"Fear of Drowning" "Remember Me" "The Lonely" "Childhood Memories" "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" "A Lovely Day Tomorrow" "It Ended on an Oily Stage" "Please Stand Up" "Remember Me"/"I Am a Cider Drinker" "Waving Flags" "No Lucifer" "Waving Flags" "Living Is So Easy" "Who's In Control" Georgie Ray / Mongk II Facts Are Right Monsters of Sunderland

Compilation appearances	Waving Flags - 2000 Trees - Cider Smiles Vol.2, (Hide and Seek Records 2009) Waving Flags - FM4 Soundselection 18, (Col, 2008)

Videos	Please Stand Up (VHS, PAL)

Miscellaneous	Tranch-Manche Advance Portion (CDr, Sampler) Close the Door (File, MP3, 160) Carrion/All in It (Remix) (File, MP3, 128) Postcards From A Young Man Tour (CD, Promo, Sampler)

Related articles	Rough Trade Records Roy Wilkinson Brakes

Authority control	MusicBrainz: 1f729bfc-a193-42a5-aaf7-9ff8997cadcd

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