The Brakes, Brighton's first supergroup which contains members of British Sea Power, The Tenderfoot and Electric Soft Parade, release their debut single 'Pick Up the Phone' / 'I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You' this week.
Eamon (by day BSP's keyboard player, by night singer and guitarist for The Brakes) told Xfm how the super group formed: "We were just in this bar in Brighton, me, Tom and Alex [White of Electric Soft Parade] and Mark [Beatty of The Tenderfoot], and we thought 'What's the best way to capitalise on all of our fame and rake in some money?' So we thought let's form a Brighton uber-band. We purely business partners, we're not really even friends..."
Meanwhile British Sea Power are currently working on their second studio album: "We're currently recording in our basement and it sounds fucking amazing. We'll be in the studio in October, so it should be coming out around February time. There's seven stormers so far and five that need some work, but my favourite so far is 'Elegiac Stanzas' that's about people that've found God - It's beautiful. We're thinking about doing some kind of event for all the Brighton bands - we'd get Electrelane and 80's Matchbox involved as well - and perhaps take over Brighton beach or maybe a big tour. We'll see, but I would love that."
The Brakes are also on tour this week at the following venues:
23 Sep: Liverpool Barfly
24 Sep: London Camden Barfly
25 Sep: Cardiff Barfly
26 Sep: Brighton Freebutt