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Eugene Michael McGuinness
(born 11 August 1985
in
Leytonstone
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, London) is an English singer-songwriter and frontman of Eugene + the Lizards.
Music career
McGuinness's first release, ''The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness'', was released on 6 August 2007
on
Domino Records' sublabel
Double Six Records.
Although the
extended play
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reviewer Chris White called it "brimful with ideas" and stated that McGuinness's voice on the record "soars euphorically and coos playfully with equal aplomb".
''
Drowned in Sound'' gave the EP a rating of 9/10, saying "McGuinness has a way with words that's quite remarkable".
However, despite gaining the backing of its critics, it failed to chart in the United Kingdom.
Following the good response of ''Learnings'', he went on to release his
eponymous
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debut album, ''
Eugene McGuinness'', on the Domino label on 13 October 2008.
Unlike the last release, ''Eugene McGuinness'' is a full-length album with 12 tracks.
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. ''Drowned in Sound'' labelled it "a bold and confident piece of brilliance, equally off kilter as it is tenderly raw".
The BBC said that the album "runs the formative gamut of angsty, carefree, happy-sad, hormone-fuelled, late-teens emotions with a solipsistic disregard for any feelings but his own".
NME gave the album 8 out of 10, and The Times named it their album of the week. Meanwhile, an ''
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'' journalist called the album "busily eclectic but... can make no great claims to originality".
AllMusic
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gave it 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "the arrival of Eugene McGuinness a true cause for celebration".
McGuinness began playing as Eugene + the Lizards, along with his brother Dominic McGuinness, Malcolm Lunan and John Barrett. On 30 November 2009, they released their first album together, ''
Glue''. It was originally released as a six-track limited edition
10" vinyl record, which then came with a digital code to download all six tracks plus the additional four tracks online for free, though the full album is now available on iTunes and AmazonMp3.
Alongside playing as a session and tour member for
Miles Kane
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, McGuinness finished the recording of his third album in London. ''The Invitation to the Voyage'' was released on 6 August 2012, and contained the singles "Lion", "Thunderbolt", "Shotgun" and "Harlequinade".
Discography
Albums
* ''The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness'' EP (2007, Double Six)
* ''
Eugene McGuinness'' (2008, Domino Records)
* ''
Glue'' (as Eugene + the Lizards) (2009, Domino Records)
* ''The Invitation to the Voyage'' (2012, Domino Records)
* ''Chroma'' (2014, Domino Records)
* ''Suburban Gothic'' (2018)
* ''Lost Illusions'' (2020)
* ''Engine'' (2021)
Singles
* "Monsters Under the Bed" (2007)
* "Bold Street" (2007)
* "
Moscow State Circus
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" (2008)
* "
Fonz" (2009)
* "Bugjuice" (2010)
* "Lion" (2011)
* "Thunderbolt" (2011)
* "Shotgun" (2012)
* "Harlequinade" (2012)
* "Sugarplum" (2012)
* "Fairlight" (2013)
* "Godiva" (2014)
* "Start at the Stop" (2018)
* "Yeayoubetcha" (2020)
Videography
* "Monsters Under The Bed" (2007)
* "Moscow State Circus" (2008)
* "Fonz" (2009)
* "Wendy Wonders" (2009)
* "Bugjuice" (2010)
* "Grogshop" (2010)
* "Lion" (2011)
* "Shotgun" (2012)
* "Blue Jeans" (2012)
* "Harlequinade" (2012)
* "Sugarplum" (2012)
* "Fairlight" (2013)
* "Godiva" (2014)
* "I Drink Your Milkshake" (2014)
References
External links
Interview with Liberation FrequencyReview of new single BugJuice
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1985 births
Living people
English male singer-songwriters
English people of Irish descent
People from Leytonstone
21st-century English singers
21st-century British male singers