Eliza and the Bear

London-based quintet Eliza as well as the Keep shaped in 2011 when songwriters James Kellegher (lead vocals, guitar) and Callie Noakes (vocals, guitar) began writing music together following the collapse of their particular bands. Immediately after, they added close friends Martin Dukelow (electric guitar), Chris Brand (bass), and Paul Kevin Jackson (drums) in to the collapse to total the lineup, plus they started to play concert events around London. Their name elevated several eyebrows among followers when no “Eliza” was found in the band’s lineup, however they later on verified the name was actually extracted from a assortment of poems by Eleanor Rees that experienced influenced them. Their upbeat, indie folk music drawn collectively the romping folk-pop of Mumford & Sons as well as the Lumineers, as the split instrumentation took motivation from famous brands Arcade Open fire and Broken Sociable Picture. They released their track “Brother’s Vessel” digitally before their 1st solitary, “Upon the North,” made an appearance in 2013. Later on that year these were asked to open up for Paramore on the U.K. tour, where they performed a sold-out Wembley Industry. At the start of 2014 the clothing was tipped for achievement by many edges from the U.K. music press and released the solitary “It Gets Chilly” on Capitol Information. The label released Eliza as well as the Bear’s 1st EP, Light It Up, that summer time, as well as the band’s eponymous full-length debut found its way to Apr 2016.