Same Guy reminds me of of Phoenix meets Vampire Weekend… Certain bands just manage to sound incredibly tight, and Eades is clearly one of those bands. There isn’t necessarily anything specific that stands out about this song, and yet the way it all comes together… The shimmering, highlife-esque layered guitars, thumping percussion and vocal all come together to create an easy going slow build that feels both lo-fi and yet slick at the same time.
According to frontman Harry Jordan, Same Guy is about recognising our mortality and the temporal reality of our time on this planet:
“It’s essentially a coming of age tune, and the realisation that eventually we’re all going to grow old, becoming either our parents, or the oldies we might think are ‘uncool’. It’s about accepting we are all just part of the cycle.”
The sound of the track is actually inspired by Bollywood:
“The song started out with a pair of riffs Dave (Lancaster, bass) had been working on inspired by Bollywood music in an attempt to force us down a different style sonically. Making us break away from a certain writing style that had become typical for us.”
Check out Same Guy below: