Eagulls talk album two and “exploring our consciousness”

Eagulls have opened up about the making of their newly-completed second full-length in a new chat with DIY.

“Our first album’s foundations set out to be speedy and visceral sounding from the gate to the finish and it worked for us at that time,” says the band’s frontman George Mitchell, “But after touring it for over a year and a half it felt like we were being categorised and pressed into a genre as some sort of one trick pony outfit.”

As such, their as-yet-untitled second full length - hammered out “in a cold, vermin infested, brick box with no daylight,” says George - sees them expanding their scope. “There’s a lot we still like about the first album,” says guitarist Mark ‘Goldy’ Goldsworthy. “It’s direct, abrasive and was very cathartic for us, but on the second album we wanted more ups and downs, musically and emotionally. We’ve tried to step back from the initial urges and haven’t just settled for the first incarnation of a song.”

Lyrically, George is looking outward too. “I have tried to explore an array of subjects whilst stepping away from ‘I’ to speak more about ‘us’ overall,” he says. “‘Us’ being everyone in general. I suppose my words are exploring our consciousness and life’s questionings. Deep thoughts, hand me down cultures, the three L’s of Losses, Lust and Love, the weekend warriors mentality, sayings, the general British ways, chance, regrets.”

Eagulls recently announced an early 2016 tour of the UK’s intimate and far-flung venues - full dates for that are as follows:

MARCH
02 London, Oslo
03 Bristol, Fiddlers
04 Norwich, Arts Centre
05 Aldershot, West End Centre
10 Leicester, Oddfellows Club
11 Salford, Islington Mill

Catch up with ‘Possessed’ from Eagull’s self-titled debut below.