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Easy Life (stylised as easy life) are an English
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group formed in
Leicester in 2017. They came second in the 2020 edition of the
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Sound of..., an annual music poll of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. Their third mixtape, ''Junk Food'', reached No. 7 on the
UK Albums Chart
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a day after its release. Their debut studio album, ''
Life's a Beach'', was released on 28 May 2021.
Career
The band was formed by frontman
Murray Matravers in mid-2017.
They released their first single, "Pockets", via Chess Club Records in November 2017,
and subsequently signed to
Island Records.
They released their debut mixtape ''Creature Habits'' in April 2018.
Following the release of the singles "Frank" in July 2018
and "Nightmares" in September 2018, the band appeared on ''
Later... with Jools Holland''. The band finished 2018 by releasing their fourth single, "Temporary Love Part 1" (with B-side "Temporary Love Part 2"), in December. In 2022 they took to Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage, this was their second Glastonbury appearance and a remarkable step-up from their first on BBC Introducing. They featured alongside former Brockhampton member Kevin Absract, who joined them on stage and promptly forgot his verse.
They released their second mixtape, ''Spaceships'', containing the single "Sunday" in March. They headlined the
BBC Introducing
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stage at the
Glastonbury Festival in June. Debuting as
Annie Mac's "Hottest Record" on
BBC Radio 1
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in July, the band released the single "Earth". The music video, commenting on
environmental issues
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, was shot at a
plastic recycling
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A ...
plant in
Morocco
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.
The band released their debut album ''
Life's a Beach'' on 28 May 2021. It reached the number two spot on the
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...
.
They released their second album ''Maybe in Another Life...'' on 7 October 2022.
Like the band's first album, it also reached the number two spot on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Band members
* Murray Matravers – vocals, synthesizer, keyboard, trumpet
* Oliver Cassidy – drums, percussion
* Sam Hewitt – bass guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
* Lewis Alexander Berry – guitar
* Jordan Birtles – percussion, keyboard, backing vocals
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
Awards and nominations
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2020
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, Easy Life
, NME Best New British Act
,
References
External links
*{{official website, http://easylifemusic.com/
Musical groups established in 2017
British alternative rock groups
2017 establishments in England