Career
Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band, born on 19 April 1974 in Stewart, British Columbia, Canada and raised in Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Hamilton moved to Brighton in 2000 and 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—Eamon went off into the crowd banging a drum. Due to touring commitments with, Hamilton left British Sea Power in January 2006.
Hamilton has recorded and played live under a number of different guises.
One of his main projects was, 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. 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 On 1 September 2008, Hamilton married the American author Koren Zailckas in Romainville near Paris.
= Albums = Singles and EPs.