Eilish Gilligan
Album Review: Eilish Gilligan is ‘The Final Girl’ – a cathartic journey through pop’s dark labyrinth.
A longtime favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia, Eilish Gilligan continues to release the most evocative and distinctive music that is without peer. Her electronic pop is differentiated by her ethereal vocals and her passionate delivery, soaked in an air of pain and regret and yet distilled by a resilience and strength that creates …
Track: Eilish Gilligan returns with the melancholic, atmospheric ‘Angel Face’ on announcement of her debut album ‘Final Girl’
The haunting stabbing piano in the background imbues the new track ‘Angel Face’ from the highly talented producer and songwriter Eilish Gilligan with a certain level of anxiety and tension as Gilligan sings of personal vulnerability in the delicate track. A longtime favourite of ours here at Backseat Mafia, Gilligan continues to release the most …
Track: Naarm/Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan make a welcome return with a harder edge in new single ‘Involved You’
It has been nearly two years since Naarm/Melbourne multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan released her EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ – reviewed by me here and described as being a beautiful expression of deeply personal frailty and vulnerability, tempered by a defiance and strength. Gilligan is back and her new single ‘Involved You’ exhibits …
EP: Melbourne artist Eilish Gilligan reflects the generational zeitgeist with her sweeping, cinematic and personal EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’, plus announces launch dates.
Eilish Gilligan has a voice like a bell – it rings with an authenticity and clarity, imbued with personal expression and personality. Her subject matter has always been raw and personal: detailing the travails of a twenty-something filled with vulnerabilities, anxieties and yet empowered and resilient in that open self-expression. Her new EP, ‘First One …
Track: The exultant sounds of Eilish Gilligan return in ‘Get Well Soon’ as she announces new EP ‘First One To Leave The Party’ and launch dates.
Melbourne-based multi-talented artist Eilish Gilligan‘s collaborations continue, this time with Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper) and Lach Bostock (Mansionair), in her gorgeous new track ‘Get Well Soon’. Gilligan’s new material is a bright and shining beacon when all else around is dark (see our review of May single ‘Up All Night’), and ‘Get Well Soon’ has a …
Track: Eilish Gilligan turns up the volume with the delicious dancefloor filler ‘Up All Night’
The last time we visited Eilish Gilligan was in ‘Hospital’ – her epic EP that was a dark and sombre reflection with close and personal imagery born from the claustrophobia and anxiety of a COVID era. In her new single, ‘Up All Night’, co-written with Alex Lahey and Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper), Gilligan metaphorically kicks …
Soundtrack of Our Lives: Eilish Gilligan takes us through her fascinating musical influences, plus we review her epic EP ‘Hospital’
Melbourne’s Eilish Gilligan is a one person tour de force who has bloomed during the harsh (but ultimately very successful) lockdowns in Victoria. She has been releasing some stunning singles over the past year, undertaking fascinating live shows during lockdown through Twitch and has now released an epic self-produced EP, ‘Hospital’. This EP is a …
Track: Eilish Gilligan – I Just Want To Look At You
Melburnian singer/songwriter Eilish Gilligan continues to make a significant splash on the Australian indie music scene with her haunting brand of synth pop. We have been highly impressed by her output (see our earlier review of S.M.F.Y.) and her new single ‘I Just Want To Look At You’ is gorgeously produced pure dream pop. Gilligan’s …
Track: Eilish Gilligan – S.M.F.Y.
Backseat Mafia were highly impressed by Melburnian native Eilish Gilligan‘s single “Creature of Habit” late last year – a haunting, sparse piece of electronica that highlighted Gilligan’s extraordinary vocals. Gilligan is back with S.M.F.Y., which, almost impossibly, ups the ante. Instrumentally this is a far more complex dance-orientated piece with synth riffs and a driving …