Easy Eddie

Eddie Halliday will be opening the next Club Ugly on June 2nd, having just released his second album through his own impressive label Naked Tree Recordings, he has indeed been a busy chap. Despite all this going on, he has been kind enough to spend some time talking about weak Swedish cider, broken bike handles and touring with Michael Jackson.

So Mr Halliday, I believe that you've just been to Sweden, what were you doing over there?

I was recording an amazing band called Steel Island. It's there first single and i'm gonna release it through Naked Tree Recordings in September which is pretty exciting! I also played a gig in a very nice little cafe called Simpan and got a free smoothie.


Have the Swedish people been treating you nice?

They've been treating me very nice!. Better than i probably deserve. The only problem is the lack of alcoholic beverages above 2.5 % in the shops. I kept getting caught out and having to drink weak Kopperberg cider! lame


If you could describe your excellent new album in One sentence, what would you say?

It's better than my last one, not as good as my next one. Awesome artwork. Buy it or you'll go to hell... probably.


Have you managed to find someone who can fix your handlebars yet?


Yeah!. In a stroke of unrivaled genius a new shop opened round the corner from my house that fix up old bikes. So they did it and i'm back on the road. Which is good because if i had to get one more tube i was gonna cut someone's balls off and put them through the ticket machine.

I hear that your mother makes the best green bean chutney in the whole of the west country, have you inherited her culinary skills?

um, not really. Although i just made some rather fine fruit pancakes for breakfast this morning.

Where can we get hold of your excellent new album?
Well you can download it most places including itunes. And buy the awesome digipack from lot's of shops and sites including;

HMV
Amazon

and of course at Naked Tree Recordings

At the last Club Ugly, we were invaded by hip Z-List celebrity Johnny Tourettes, what celebrity do you hope to see at your gig with us in June?

Michael Jackson. I want to ask him if i can support him at all of his o2 shows. I'm pretty sure he'll say yes.

Other than yours, what album would you suggest we all go out and buy?

Grand Letdown by Scraps Of Tape. Out on Tenderversion Records in Sweden.

Do you have any other words of wisdom that you care to share with us?

Put cinnamon in your pancake mix, go to the park at least once a day and work as little as possible.

You can spend more time in the company of Eddie Halliday at Club Ugly on June 2nd, Its completely free and is well worth a visit.

You can check out more of Eddie's songs by visiting his myspace page here