EofE - Germany, Tibia's and Bridges

EofE
London Hoxton's Underbelly
15/09/2015

Never, in its entire existence, has anybody returned to face the Grab Bag for a second time. Until now.

Last month (we’ve said it before but, our time management sucks) we saw EofE in Hoxton’s Underbelly ahead of the release of their incredible new self-titled album. It was there that EofE vs the Louder Now Grab Bag, round 2, happened.  

You’re bored. What do you do?

Luke: Err…I…

Dan: Is he allowed to say?

Luke:  I just play some games on my laptop.

Reece: What do you play on your laptop?

Luke: Football Manager usually!

Ever had an epic fail on stage?

Nicky: Every. Night.

Louder Now: Last time we saw EofE you were up on top of an amp. You must have fallen off of that at some point right?

Reece: I haven’t!

Nicky: Ahhhh now you’ve jinxed it!  

Reece: I haven’t had an epic fail, yet. In Rock City I did stand on my amp and I was wobbling a fair bit and everyone was laughing at me. I did think I was going to fall over I must admit.

Tom: I think your epic fail was when we were at the Great Escape and you stepped in that puddle. That was your birthday as well.  

Where is the worst place you have woken up?

Tom: Reece’s mums bed.

Reece: You can’t say my mum’s bed.

Tom: For comedic value.

Reece: But you’ve never been in my mum’s bed.

Tom: I have.  

Reece: You definitely have not.

Tom: I HAVE!

Nicky: We’ve all been there.

Who is your musical hero?

Dan: Slash. When I first got into guitar, I heard Sweet Child O’ Mine and was just blown away by his playing and that’s what made me really want to get into a band.

What is your favourite album?

Reece: It’s got to be the EofE one that you can get on iTunes.

Nicky: Nice plug, yeah!

Reece: It’s shit.

Dan: You mean the one that’s out on the 9^th of October?

Reece: Yeah that one Dan.

Dan: It’s our debut album if I’m not very much mistaken.

What country would you most like to visit?

Luke: Germany.

Reece: Why?

Luke: I dunno, just always wanted to go to Germany really.

Reece: Boring.

Have you ever broken a bone?

Tom: No, I haven’t.

Dan: I have!

Reece: I have, I fell out of a tree.

Dan: I use to skateboard religiously.

Reece: Yeah, not very well obviously.  

Dan: I broke my tibia playing football. I didn’t know for months. It was a crack, but if you imagine bending plastic until you get that white line, just before it snaps, that’s what happened. So I carried on playing for like three months.

Nicky: God, you’re so hardcore.

Dan: I was kickboxing, snowboarding…

Reece: Ha! Running marathons and fought a bear once…

Dan: It actually started to bend out, where it kept healing and breaking again. I went to the doctors and they just said “oh it’s fine, it’s just a bit of swelling” and then had an actual scan.

Reece: This coming from the guy who has to cover his hair from the rain.

Dan: What are you saying?

Reece: You make yourself sound really hard!

Dan: Well I am. Or I was.

On a scale of 1 to 10 how weird are you? Explain.

Dan: Probably say a 7.

Reece: You’re weird because you can break bones and carry on.

Tom: That’s pretty weird.

Dan: I day dream quite a bit.

Tom: You do day dream all the time.

Dan: It sounds big headed, but I can start a conversation whilst thinking about something else, and then just carry on.

Reece: No, no, no. That’s just called being rude and ignoring people.

Nicky: And yes, you do have a big head.

Is there one thing that you want to become better at?

Reece: Definitely guitar for Dan.

Dan: Your suppose to be answering for yourself.

Nicky: This is a hard one, because we’re so good at everything.

Tom: What’s the question again?

Reece: Listening for Tom.

Dan: Yours has got to be drinking.

Nicky: I’m great at drinking.

Dan: Hmm.

Nicky: No, because I get drunk really fast then don’t have to spend as much money.  I have a great time! I’m a happy drunk, friendly.

Reece: You abused me at Download.

Nicky: Well we went out for my birthday, me and Luke. Reece was there.

Tom: I was there as well. You were smashed when I got there and you’d only had four pints.

Dan: I’d like to be better at getting up early in the morning, because I really struggle. I have to pick these guys up for practice at about 9:30 and it’s hard.

Louder Now: Driving whilst tired is probably not the best idea.

Dan: It’s better than driving hungover because that’s horrible.

Reece: You’ve never done that Daniel because you abide by the law.

Dan: Everyone drives hungover.

Reece: If everybody jumped off a bridge would you do it?

Dan: Probably.

Reece: If it was going into water…

Nicky: What kind of bridges do you go across?

Reece: Have you never gone over a bridge with water underneath it?

Nicky: Oh WITH water.

What is your favourite memory of being in this band?

Nicky: Mine would be Download Festival. That was a highlight for me.

Reece: Yeah Download, or the process of recording the album. We had a great time doing that. We bonded, we cooked…

Nicky: I was sick in the sink.

Reece: You were sick in the sink.

Tom: We got that picture right at the end with Johnny Rocker to say that we had finished the album.

Nicky: It was over five weeks but we spent weekends back at home.

Reece: It was pretty intense, we would be in the studio for 10 and then we would come back at 2 Am sometimes and then back in pretty much straight away.

Dan: Some of the songs came together in the studio. You figure out the small bits. It’s like you go in there with a jigsaw piece and then you put it all together, and that’s when you see what can really happen.

Tom: You can see what you’re missing that way as well because you have pieces that you think might work but when you hear it back, and you’re building up the layers it makes sense.

EofE had a party!

EofE
Zigfrid von Underbelly - Hoxton
15/09/2015

It would be easy to say that EofE are talented beyond their years, but the reality is that the Black Country lads have got an extensive and electrifying career ahead of them. With so many milestones to reach, it’s for the best that they started out a little early.

The latest of those milestones came in the form of their sterling self-titled album, which dropped on October 9^th, and luckily they had a bit of a shindig to celebrate AND we went (this would be a really odd review if we didn’t…)

Tom Harris - Vocals 
Zigfrid von Underbelly - Hoxton
15/09/2015

              In amongst the new album tracks, that we hadn’t yet heard, the intimate venue was treated to some of the teaser songs that have been knocking about whilst EofE tour relentlessly. The thunderously sweet Bridges and Stars In Hollywood has been getting us excited for this album since we saw them back in March (FYI, that was the Grab Bag’s debut).

Turns out those songs were just pieces, and tonight we saw the completed jigsaw puzzle in all its glory. Live, this album is everything you want it to be: intense, theatrical and stunning.

It’s worth pointing out that if you like your vocalists with an outrageous range, have you met Tom Harris? Seriously, it’s extraordinary.

It wasn’t all about the new album though. Like I said, EofE have got a huge career ahead of them, and to get everything they can out of that they need to have as many plates spinning as they can, and that’s difficult.

Reece Luke - Vocals and Guitar
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15/09/2015

Oh what’s that? Perform a cover of Ed Sheeran’s Bloodstream and perform it as if you wrote it and blow everyone away? Yeah, no bother.

So, all things considered, EofE slayed this set, and just when you thought they had outdone themselves, that they couldn’t possibly have anything left in them, they played the “we’ve written an absolute belter of a song” card.

The video for Get Caught was unleashed at the start of September and both the video and the track are sultry and dramatic in excess. Live, EofE poured every inch of energy they had into this finale, with Reece deciding that a table top somewhere towards the back of the venue was a much better fit for him than the stage. Fair.

I’ll level with you, there’s a lot more to be said about this band. But seen as this is the very start of an incredible career, let’s call this review part one. Part two will come when they sell out their next headline tour, and that will happen soon, mark my words.

Dan Bremner & Tom Harris
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15/09/2015

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EofE 
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15/09/2015

Never Hill - Netflix, Brownies and Paul Rudd

Never Hill backstage at Nuneaton's Queens Hall

Never Hill played Nuneaton's Queens Hall last week and it was something pretty special. As is their new EP, Epilogue, which they released on June 20th. You can read about what we thought of the record and their show here. But here's some unnecessarily ridiculous questions that we put to the boys before they took to the stage! 

Tell us the best joke you have ever heard:

Jacob: Honestly, I’m blank!

Jake: Google it!

Adam: It’s like you’ve had the worst truth or dare like “Ah, I can’t do this…”

Jake: Okay we can move on and come back…

When was the last time you screamed at the TV?

Daniel: Definitely this week when, SPOILER ALERT, Jon Snow got stabbed to death.

Adam: See I didn’t scream I just cried a little bit.

Daniel: I was devastated, I was actually screaming at Olly the little kid who did it.

Perfect night in?

Jake: That’s easy. Netflix. Daredevil Series, class. With a Chinese takeaway.

Adam: I literally have the opposite of that question…which does not suit me…

Perfect night out?

Jake: We should actually swap. You don’t go out!

Adam: The thing is I really like just going to bars with my mates. If I go to a club I end up getting really embarrassed because I get way to into the dancing. I dunno, I would say going to another gig. It gets me pumped and I’m all “yes! I want to do that.” It’s like when we went to Slam Dunk, I was off on one.  

Jake: With a cheeky nandos!

All collectively: CHEEKY NANDOS!

Tell us the best joke you’ve ever heard.

Dan: Are you ready yet?

Jacob: Hell no!

Dan: Okay we’ll go again.

Have you ever given someone a hickey?

Jacob: Yes! And she’s my wife so. I’ve been with one girl my whole life so…

Is there anything you know this week that you didn’t know last week?

Jake: There was something, I can’t remember what it was. Maybe I should think about it and pass it on.

You’re feeling sick and you can only have one home comfort. What do you choose?

Adam: I would say Game of Thrones, but if it was food.

Jake: What? If Game of Thrones was food?

Adam: No! But that’s my TV show! But, really specifically, if it were food, then it would be Birds Eye Chicken Chargrills, because they’re really nice.

Jake: Ah yeah they are nice.

Is there anything you know this week that you didn’t know last week?

Jake: I’ve remembered my thing now! We are all born with blue eyes. We’re like kittens.

Adam: I looked at you then and thought... “dude, you’ve got brown eyes…”

Jake: No but we start off with blue eyes and then they change.

Weirdly enough, when we put this question to EofE their answer was that there is no Nando's in Never Hill's host town, Nuneaton! Read that interview here.

Tell us the best joke you’ve ever heard.

Jacob: Okay I’ve googled it but this one I actually heard! I went to a really emotional wedding the other day…even the cake was in tiers.  

Jake: Hahaha it’s so good but it’s so bad!

Jacob: Yeah, it wasn’t funny.

Adam: I don’t get it.

Jake: It took me a while but then…tiered…like cake tiers.

Adam: Oh is that what it’s called??

Piercings or tattoos?

Dan: Tattoos, all the way. If I could have more, I would! If I could afford more.

What decade would you most like to have been born in and why?

Jake: Oh god, I don’t know!

Adam: We seem like the most boring people! None of us live a life!  

Jake: All we want is Netflix and jammies. We have made that clear, straight off. Erm, I would probably say the 80s because it looked fun.

Adam: It looked fun? That’s it?

Jake: I would want to be born in the 80s so that Calvin Harris would put me in his song.

Dan: I was born in the 80s.

Jake: Yeah but that’s because you’re old man.

Have you ever broken a bone?

Adam: Yes. I think the funniest one was my nose. I’ve broken quite a few, they’re all from skating really. There was one where one of those pendulum swings. I don’t know why, no one was even on it, but I just stood there and it swung back and hit me in the face, and I just went home. It was the most casual breaking, my nose was on one side. Then there was one where I went over a skate ramp and then just cracked my head off the floor and then went home and didn’t even say bye to any of my friends. So yeah. They’re not really that funny, they’re quite devastating.

You’re bored. What do you do?

Louder Now: You’re not allowed to say Netflix. I’m banning Netflix as an answer.

Jacob: Oh. That’s exactly what I was going to say.

Dan: Well you like to do a particular thing that you made for us last night…

Jacob: When I’m bored, it’s a bit lame, but, I like to bake.

Jake: To be fair, the brownies you brought in yesterday were so good. They were perfect.

Who’s the first person you would choose to be stuck in a lift with?

Jake: You have a wife.

Dan: Yeah but is it like, famous person included? Nah, I won’t go with the wife.

All: Oooooooh.

Dan: Because if you’re going to be stuck in a lift, you’re only going to be in there for a couple of hours so you want to be in there with someone funny.

Jake: Yeah but you could…have fun.

Dan: I love my wife but if I was going to be in there with someone funny it would be someone like Kevin Hart or I really like Paul Rudd. That really dry, sarcastic humour. I would really want to relive that moment in Friends where him and Ross just have nothing to talk about.

Adam: Why would you ever want that?! We are SUCH boring people!

What excites you the most about the future?

Jake: I think you wanted to answer this one, do you want it or shall I answer it.

Adam: No, you picked it up.

Jake: Okay well it’s definitely the prospect of this band picking up. Even the close future coming, with the EP that we’ve just dropped. I think it will push us to where we need to go, leading to bigger stages and supporting and touring with bigger bands. That excites me. I wouldn’t want to do it without this lot.

Adam: Oh. Mine was just going to be grey hair. I’m really excited to have grey hair.  

How long does it take you to get ready?

All: *scoff*

Adam: What? I was going to say really quickly! No? In the morning I’m like 10 minutes.

Dan: It’s the time that you decide to get ready I guess. So you get ready quickly but you decide to get ready at the time you’re supposed to be at the place. So if you’re supposed to be somewhere at 6 you’ll start getting ready at 6.  

Adam: That’s true. I was late today. I actually went home before I came here.

Dan: I knew you would.

US or UK?

Jacob: Oh it’s got to be UK. All day long. I meant the US is a nice place but…

Have you ever had nightmares because of a film you saw?

Dan: Yeah, I actually had nightmares after The Grudge because of that creepy noise they make. I had a dream that there were kids making that noise and it was horrible.

Adam: I didn’t like changing rooms after I saw that film. You know how the clothes are hung up, and the guys just looking at them, and then they turn into her!

Who was the last person to make you laugh?

Jake: Sitting on my left. Literally, Adam is the funniest person ever. It’s just his face, his expressions.

Jacob: It’s something pretty spectacular.

Jake: You’re something special mate.  

Who’s the last person on earth you would want to be stuck in a lift with?

Adam: Erm. Paul Rudd. Because it sounds SO boring. Honestly, Jennifer Lawrence. She’s so whiny! I can’t watch The Hunger Games anymore. Yeah. Sorry. 

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EofE - Beards, Jager with Sprite and Fifa

EofE has a remarkable 2014, touring with the likes of McBusted and The Vamps as well as playing a sold out hometown shown in Birmingham. 

Now they are attacking 2015 with a new single, Stars in Hollywood, to be released on March 9^th and a debut album to follow.

We caught up with the guys just before their pretty impressive set at Nottingham’s acclaimed Rock City (06/03) and made them face Louder Now’s Six Stupid Questions:

Who’s the last person on earth you would want to be stuck in a lift with?

Reece: Tom

Dan: Yeah, if you spent a week on a bus with him you would know why.

Nicky: Hitler!

Dan: If you met Hitler, you would be dead now.

Nicky: Yeah but I would want to ask him some questions, like, what are you playing at?

You’re offered half a million dollars to change all the lyrics to one of your songs for an irritating commercial. Do you consider it?

Luke: No. Half a million isn’t that much really is it?

Reece: Half a million isn’t that much? I wouldn’t mind that!

Luke: Yeah but it’s not half a million just for me is it? I’d have to split it with all of you.

Reece: Even if they offered us £50. I could do with a tenner.

Luke: I would do it for a million probably but it would depend on what the company was. I wouldn’t do it for Coca Cola. I would definitely do it for Durex. I would take £400,000 for Durex.

Is there anything you know this week that you didn’t know last week?

Dan: What I smell like if I haven’t showered for a week.

Tom: We already knew that.

Dan: Well there’s also no Nando’s in Nuneaton. I had to have Subway and then a pizza after, which to be fair was quite nice.

Reece: This week I found out that Jagermeister tastes really nice with Sprite. Those were the only two options on the bus. It was nice!

Nicky: I learnt that if you down a pitcher of Zombie…it will make you sick in your bunk.

Reece: He was laughing about the fact that he was sick in his sleep as well. You could have died. 

Have you ever had nightmares because of a film you saw?

All: Yes.

Nicky: The last scary thing I saw was Halloween and my sister had the mask in her room and I think I dreamt that I walked upstairs to her room and Michael Myers was there.

Tom: When was that?

Nicky: Last week.

Tom: I did not like the film It.  Luke had a meme on his phone of the clown in It and it was exactly the nightmare I had.

When was the last time you screamed at the TV?

Reece: Probably something football related, maybe the World Cup?

Nicky: Game of Thrones. Have you seen it? *THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN OMITTED FOR SPOILER ALERT REASONS* I absolutely screamed at the TV when that happened.

Tom: Fifa! We have this place where we all go to write songs (aka Dan’s house) and when it gets to midnight and we’re all really frustrated we tend to play Fifa. We were India, the worst team we could think of , but we were doing so well and then we just got knocked out.

Nicky: We lost 14 – 0 to Brazil.

Tom: The heart just wasn’t in it to be honest.

Dan: We all let the side down.

If you could chose, what decade would you most like to have been born in?

Reece: The 60’s, so I could be in my twenties in the 80’s. As long as I could get away with having long permed hair and wearing leather trousers and a leather jacket. I should be allowed to grow my hair.

Tom: You ARE allowed to grow your hair. You decided to cut it off and grow it on your face!

Reece: It’s an ongoing argument because I’m the only one who can grow a beard.

Luke: Well that’s just not true.

Reece: Yes it is.

Luke: No, because I can grow a beard.

Reece: No you can’t.

Luke: Yeah. I can. I just choose not to.

Tom: I would want to be born in the 60’s too so I can write all the best tunes that came out in the 70s and 80s. Reece copied me to make me look like an idiot. My answer was better.

Dan: I would want to be born in the early 40s so I could be in my prime in the 50s and 60s and then get old in the 80s.

Nicky: I would probably want to be born back when caveman was around.

Dan: What like 10,000 BC.

Nicky: Yeah. That was a good year. Back when they started tribal drumming and it wasn’t spoilt by silly guitars and stuff.

Luke: I would go for Victorian times. It seems like it was a better time back then.

Reece: I can so see you being a chimney sweep.

Luke: I wouldn’t be a chimney sweep, I would invent something like the telephone, you know what I mean? Make loads of money!