Egoism (band)

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Egoism performing live at Mary's Underground in Sydney, February 2021
Background information
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Dream pop, indie rock, shoegazing
Years active2015−present
MembersScout Eastment
Olive Rush
Adam Holmes
Past membersLauren McAuliffe
Dylan Scott
Pat McCarthy [1]
Lucy Howroyd [1]

Egoism (typeset as EGOISM) is an Australian dream pop band from Sydney, New South Wales. [1] [2] [3] The band was formed in 2015, and currently consists of co-lead vocalists Scout Eastment (guitar, bass) and Olive Rush (bass, guitar) with drummer Adam Holmes.

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To date, the band have released two EPs − 2017's It's Wearing Off and 2020's On Our Minds − as well as several singles. [4]

History

Before the formation of Egoism, Rush and Eastment were close friends. [1] In 2015, Eastment and Rush began writing and playing music together. The band initially formed as a four-piece under the name Ego, releasing three singles: "Moon," "Better" and "Crowd." They supported bands such as Last Dinosaurs, Flyying Colours and Phantastic Ferniture in 2016. [5] 2016 also saw the band officially change their name to Egoism and release their first single under the new name, "Reason." [6]

Their debut EP was a three-track release entitled It's Wearing Off. The group have largely disowned the EP in recent years, and it has subsequently been removed from streaming services. In an interview with Pilerats, Eastment explained the band's complicated relationship with the release:

I think when you’re doing something as a young person, a lot of people try to help with the best intentions and be like "oh, don't do it like that, do it like this," and you don’t really know how to avoid that. A lot of those decisions got pushed into that EP and when I listen to it now, all I can hear are those mistakes." [7]

After the departure of two band members, Egoism were turned into a duo. Their first single as a two-piece, "Sorry," was released in September 2018. [3] This was followed with two new singles in 2019: "Enemies" in March, [8] and "What Are We Doing?" in August. [9]

The band undertook a national tour with Pinkish Blu in early 2020, [10] coinciding with the release of a new single entitled "You You." [11]

In June 2020, the band were announced as one of 16 recipients of triple j Unearthed's Level Up Grants, created by the station to "support independent local artists who had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic." [12] In September 2020, the band announced their second EP On Our Minds with the release of a new single, "Here's the Thing." [13] They released a final single from the EP, "Happy," [14] before its official release on November 6, 2020.

The band followed up on the EP with a new single, 'Lonely But Not Alone', in mid-2021. [15] In 2022, the band released two new singles: "For Ages" and "2016–2018". [16] The following year, longtime session/touring drummer Adam Holmes (also of Life's Ill) was inducted as a full-time member of the band. [17]

Discography

EPs

Singles

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ulm, Molly. "How did Egoism go from playing covers of the Arthur theme to festival stages? We chat to the Sydney 4-piece". hhhhappy. Happy magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "We Get To Know Egoism". Auspop. Auspop. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Dream Pop Duo EGOISM Move The Body And Soothe The Mind On New Single SORRY". Amplify. Amplify. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dream Pop Duo EGOISM Move The Body And Soothe The Mind On New Single SORRY". Amplify. Amplify. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Hebbs, Vicky. "Interview with SCOUT and OLIVE from EGOISM". AMNplify. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Van Der Veer, Noah. "EGOISM - Reason". YouTube. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Davies, Hayden. "The blissful bittersweetness of EGOISM, dream-pop treasures". Pilerats. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "New Music: EGOISM – Enemies". Analogue Trash. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "NOW PLAYING: EGOISM – 'WHAT ARE WE DOING?'". Wickedd Child. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pinkish Blu Release New Single 'Coupon'". Sony Music Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  11. ↑ Morgan, Adam. "EGOISM "YOU YOU"". Surviving the Golden Age. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Meet the sixteen recipients of our Level Up Grants!". triple j. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "EGOISM RELEASE NEW DREAMY SINGLE 'HERE'S THE THING' AND ANNOUNCE FORTHCOMING EP". Purple Sneakers. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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  16. ↑ Robinson, Ellie. "Egoism grapple with helplessness on pensive new single '2016-2018'". NME Australia. BandLab Technologies. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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