EEL MEN: North-London band announce new EP 'Glass Hammers' & share title track. Watch video now.

EEL MEN - Announce new EP ‘Glass Hammers’ - Out May 15th - Title track & accompanying video online now here - Two London shows announced

Photo credit: Margarite DuTeau  North London-based band Eel Men announce details of their new 10” EP release, ‘Glass Hammers’, due for DIY release on May 15th, leading with the wiry, stomping EP title track and an accompanying video - online now. The band also have two London shows planned around the release, with more dates in the works.   Eel Men have built a reputation through relentless European touring and raucous homecoming shows. Their 2025 self-released debut ‘Stop It! Do Something.’ captured a band honing tight, angular guitars and restless rhythms against the malaise of the everyday. Drawing on more Eno-esque production sensibilities and a loose, groove-led approach, on this new material the band open up their sound into something more expansive, slinkier, and rhythm-driven.   “Glass Hammers” encapsulates this shift. Built from a rehearsal room spark that quickly took hold of the full band, the track pairs wiry guitar lines with a more fluid, bass-and-drum-led backbone. Lyrically, it takes aim at what the band describe as a “decline in human competence” — a world of too many choices, distractions, and a creeping disconnection between brain and hand. There’s a sense of global indecisiveness at play, delivered with a side-eyed humour that runs throughout the EP.   “Glass Hammers” official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61AEwrAfM4 EP pre-order links: https://linktr.ee/eelmenldn   Across the forthcoming 10”, Eel Men lean further into their more disparate influences, pulling in elements of funk, art rock and experimental pop. Artists like Herbie Hancock, Berlin-era Bowie and John Cale inform a record that embraces contrast — between tightness and looseness, polish and imperfection. Recorded live to tape at Gizzard Studios in Hackney Wick with Ed Deegan, the band deliberately imposed analogue limitations, prioritising performance and spontaneity over studio perfection. The result is a set of songs that feel immediate, unpredictable, and alive.   At its core, the EP circles themes of desperation — though rarely played straight. Instead, Eel Men tread the fine line between tragedy and comedy, inviting listeners to laugh at the darker undercurrents. As they put it, it’s about “that moment a kid falls over and looks up… deciding whether to cry or laugh.” ‘Glass Hammers’ captures a band in transition — pushing beyond their roots and into a more adventurous, shape-shifting phase.   Eel Men live dates: April 25th - New River Studios, London  May 22nd - The Social, London   ‘Glass Hammers’ EP track list: 1. Glass Hammers - video 2. Key Metre Romance 3. When I Get Rich 4. Leave The Water In 'Glass Hammers' EP artwork: Links: https://eelmen.com/ https://eelmen.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/eelmen_ldn/