Eamon Hamilton is

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and formerly played keyboards for

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Biography

Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band

, born on 20 August 1975 in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in

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, UK. Hamilton moved to Brighton in 2000 and in 2002 was recruited to play keyboards for

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live. The band were reportedly impressed that—without warning and during a song without keyboards— Hamilton went off into the crowd banging a drum. Due to touring commitments with Brakes, 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 Brighter Lunch, also featuring

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, now of Actress Hands. In August 2002,

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and Alex White of

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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, ''

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'', followed in July 2005. In October 2006 they released their second album ''

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''. They released their third album ''

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'' in 2009. On 1 September 2008, Hamilton married the American author

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near Paris.

Selected discography

Brighter Lunch

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

Brakes

Albums

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'' – 4 July 2005 on

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'' – October 2006 *''

'' – 20 April 2009 on

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Singles and EPs

*" Pick Up the Phone" – 20 September 2005 on Tugboat Records *"

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*" Ring A Ding Ding" – 17 October 2005 on Rough Trade Records *" Hold Me in the River" – 4 December 2006 on Rough Trade Records *"

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" – 26 February 2007 *"

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" – 20 August 2007

References

External links

Sea Power official website
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