Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes and formerly played keyboards for British Sea Power.

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Biography

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

Eamon 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, Eamon left British Sea Power in January 2005.

Eamon 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 Eamon performing solo and offered to play guitar and drums, respectively, with Eamon. 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 1st September 2008, he married the acclaimed American author Koren Zailckas in Romainville near Paris.

elected discography

Brighter Lunch

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

Brakes

Albums

*"Give Blood" - 4th July 2005 on Rough Trade Records
*"The Beatific Visions" - October 2006

ingles and EPs

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

External links

* [http://www.brakesbrakesbrakes.com/ Brakes Official Website]
* [http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/ British Sea Power Official Website]
* [http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/freebutt.htm Eamon reviewing his future band prior to joining]


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