Eamon Hamilton

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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, Sea Power
Website	Brakes Official Website

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

Biography[]

Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band Brakes, born on 20 August 1975 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 , also featuring , now of .

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 , of and The Tenderfoot, to play bass. Brakes was born. Their debut single, Pick Up the Phone, was released in 2004 on and an album, Give Blood, followed in July 2005. In October 2006 they released their second album The Beatific Visions. They released their third album Touchdown in 2009.

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
• "" – 4 December 2006 on Rough Trade Records
• "" – 26 February 2007
• "Beatific Visions" – 20 August 2007

References[]

External links[]

• British Sea Power Official Website
• Eamon reviewing his future band prior to joining