Bradford. Not the band. The city.
Eddie’s Brother. Who are they? 10 years ago one of the band members uploaded a bunch of their recordings (as well as songs by other bands he had been involved with). From what I see all of these come from demo tapes, no proper releases. This is the sort of thing I was looking for.
The first demo tape by Eddie’s Brother was recorded in 1986 on a portastudio on thee parent’s house of this said member. What’s his name? Simon Kelly. The demo was titled “True Lust” and included four poppy songs, “Entice to Distraction”, “Nothing so Sweet”, “Small Pegs” and “This Diffident Charm”.
The second cassette was self-titled and included many songs. 7 in total: “Chocolate Poems”, “Exalted”, “Fly-By Days”, “Music for Cynics (part 1)”, “Music for Cynics (part 2)”, “Red Farmhouse” and “World-Out”. Again recorded in the parents house on a portastudio. The year was 1987.
The 3rd cassette was unreleased it says. So I guess the first two perhaps were sold at gigs and probably more than 10 copies were made? The 3rd tape was called “Weary of Heaven” and was recorded but was never completed. It was 1988 when it was recorded (it says remixed in 1992) and the songs included were “A State of Grace”, “Fickle the Riches”, “Like You Always Knew” and “Pitch of Roofs”. On Soundcloud they have included the song “Proper Seating” by The Table Legs, the band he was in after, as it includes alternative recordings of “This Diffident Charm” and “Red Farmhouse” as hidden tracks.
There is also another song, that is not listed on any of the tapes, “TW is for Me“. No info on this track though. Maybe is by another band?
As mentioned the owner of this Soundcloud account was later in The Table Legs but also in The Gunsmiths (circa 1988) and The Owl Service (1991).
Sadly I couldn’t find more info on Simon Kelly or his bands. But maybe someone remembers him or the bands? I’d love to learn more. Why they didn’t release anything? Did they play many gigs? Any info will be appreciated.
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stoneeyedkiller recently uploaded a few songs by Eddie’s Brother on his Youtube-channel.