Founded in Manchester in 2013 and maintained ever since by members: Theo Tobias, Ronan Clowes, Alex Howes, Andrew Keaveney and Thomas Short, Easy Kill refer to their music as Doom-Pop, a sort of melancholy made catchy.
Emphasising words and music equally makes for a live show that flows unpredictably from dreamy reveries to moments of intense catharsis. Theo’s lyrics are candid and often darkly comic in their discussion of the mind, expressing a simultaneous excitement and fear about life.
The band’s first release, ‘Already Entitled EP’, was well received by numerous music blogs throughout 2015; ‘Sermons’ is the logical next step. Gradually honed live over many months, these tracks have taken shape on a broader, more dynamic, canvas. Embracing new songwriting forms and production ideas, it’s the sound of a band figuring out new directions, revelling in the possibilities and growing at an extraordinary rate.