We’ve got a new dark horse contender in the hunt for the “worst band name I’ve ever seen in my life” championship. The London trio Ebbb came out of the Windmill scene, and they’re currently generating a whole lot of buzz with a series of singles on Ninja Tune records. The name is bad, but the songs are good. We posted their track “Book That You Like” a few months ago, and they’ve got a new one called “Home Ground” today.
“Home Ground” is a minimal track with a whole lot of organ sustain and some very cool vocal harmonies. It reminds me of a less-shaggy version of the Beta Band, and I like the haunted, hypnotic feeling. Singer Will Rowland says, “The lyrics explore overthinking and regret, contrasted with someone who lives free of shame or self-doubt. It actually started life as an instrumental we wrote a couple of years back. It never quite made sense back then, but we revisited it recently and rebuilt the song from the ground up and suddenly everything clicked. It felt like a bit of eureka moment where we unlocked what the song was always meant to be.” Check it out below.
TOUR DATES:
3/17 – Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
3/18 – London, UK @ Moth Club
3/19 – Bristol, UK @ The Croft
3/20 – Manchester, UK @ Gullivers
3/21 – Leeds, UK @ Mabgate Bleach
4/17 – Poznan, Poland @ Next Fest
8/09 – Neukirchen, Germany @ Skandalos
“Home Ground” is out now on Ninja Tune.