Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton
Hamilton live with Brakes in Liverpool in 2004
Hamilton live with Brakes in Liverpool in 2004
Background information
Born
Eamon Peter Hamilton

(1975-08-20) 20 August 1975 (age 51)
Stewart, British Columbia, Canada
OriginStroud, Gloucestershire, England
OccupationMusician
InstrumentsVocals, keyboards, guitar
LabelsRough Trade, Fat Cat, Tugboat Records
WebsiteBrakes Official Website

Eamon Peter Hamilton (born 20 August 1975) is an English musician. He fronted the Brighton based band Brakes. He also previously fronted the band Brighter Lunch and played keyboards with Sea Power.

Early life

Hamilton was born on 20 August 1975 in Stewart, BC, Canada. His family moved to England where he grew up in Chalford, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. He attended Marling School.

Career

In 2000, Hamilton moved to Brighton, England. 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— Hamilton went off into the crowd banging a drum. In 2006, due to touring commitments with Brakes, Hamilton left British Sea Power.

Hamilton has recorded and played live under a number of different guises. One of his main projects was Brighter Lunch, also featuring Matt Eaton, now of Actress Hands.

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 Marc Beatty, of Mockin' Bird Studios and The Tenderfoot, to play bass. Brakes was born. Their debut single, Pick Up the Phone, was released in 2004 on Tugboat Records 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.

Personal life

On 1 September 2008, Hamilton married the American author Koren Zailckas in Romainville near Paris. He moved to the New York shortly after their marriage, where he has worked in real estate and as a server in a restaurant.

Selected discography

Brighter Lunch

  • "Going My Way" – 2001, self-financed
  • "Call A Medic" – 8 October 2001 on Monkey Tennis

Brakes

Albums

Singles and EPs

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: Breaks". AMG. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Local boy made good". Stroud News and Journal. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Martin Noble And Eamon Hamilton (British Sea Power) - God Is In The TV". 24 June 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "British Sea Power member quits". NME. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "British Sea Power – Interview – 2014". Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  6. ↑ https://diymag.com/review/album/brakes-touchdown
  7. ↑ "Preview: Brakes, The Duchess, York, April 17". York Press. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  8. ↑ https://www.zillow.com/profile/user7646648
  9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DZX25C3iHc_/?img_index=9