With their self-titled debut LP, British post-punk band Eagulls released one of the best records of 2014 (“Possessed” still rings in our heads on a near-daily basis) . Almost exactly two years later, their sophomore effort is also shaping up nicely, as today, the lads from Leeds dropped another track off Ullages, due May 13 via Partisan Records.
The track is called “Skipping”, and it’s a nice bit of gritty modern rock. When Eagulls announced their new record last month, a press release said the new LP was intended to incite “the shimmering opulence of Cocteau Twins, the guitar lines of Smiths-era Johnny Marr, and the ominous gloom of Disintegration/Pornography-era The Cure”.
Judging from “Skipping”, that’s not too far off (we left our hyperbole meters at home today, though). Ullages was recorded in a converted Leeds church, was mixed by Craig Silvey (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche More), and is currently available for pre-order here. Eagulls will be on this side of the Atlantic come May 9, when they play Rough Trade in Brooklyn.