Easy life

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Easy Life, 2019
Easy Life, 2019
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Junk food
  UK 7th 01/23/2020 (1 week)

Easy Life are an English indie pop band from Leicester . They became known in early 2020 through second place in the Sound of 2020 survey and their album Junk Food .

Band history

The head of the band is singer and songwriter Murray Matravers. In 2017, he brought together four other musicians who were friends and who had previously played in various bands, and founded Easy Life . In addition to Matravers, the band includes keyboardist Jordan Birtles, guitarist Lewis Berry, bassist Sam Hewitt and drummer Oliver Cassidy. They were successful on the internet with their first release, Pockets , and were signed to Island Records in 2018 . In addition to other songs, which are mainly from Matravers, they also released two mixtapes, Creature Habits (2018) and Spaceships (2019), which increased their popularity. In 2019 they stood on the newcomer stage of the Glastonbury Festival and even performed in the USA at the Coachella Festival and the Governors Ball in New York .

In early 2020, they were voted number 2 on the BBC's Sound of 2020 list , which predicts a breakthrough in the following year. Musically, they were recognized for their catchy mix of indie pop and hip hop with elements of various other musical styles. Her debut EP Junk Food , released shortly thereafter, went to number 7 on the UK charts .

Members

  • Murray Cameron Matravers (singer, trumpet, synthesizer)
  • Jordan Birtles (keyboards, percussion)
  • Lewis Berry (guitar)
  • Oliver Cassidy (drums)
  • Samuel Edward Hewitt (bass guitar)

Discography

Albums

  • Creature Habits (2018)
  • Spaceships (2019)
  • Junk Food (2020)

Songs

  • Pockets (2017)
  • Frank (2018)
  • Nightmares (2018)
  • Temporary Love (2018)
  • Houseplants (2019)
  • Earth (2019)
  • Nice Guys (2019)
  • Sangria (featuring Arlo Parks, 2019)

swell

  1. ↑ Easy Life in the UK charts
  2. ↑ BBC Music Introducing ... , Glastonbury Festival, 2019
  3. ↑ Easy Life (interview), Erica Tello, Honey Punch Mag, 2019
  4. ↑ BBC Sound of 2020: Band formed 'on a whim in the pub' are the runners-up , Mark Savage, BBC, January 8, 2020

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