Snake Eats Boy

Their moniker referencing a popular tongue in cheek You Tube video, Snake Eats Boy was initially conceived as a musical project in the Kent countryside of the early 2010’s. But it wasn’t until a relocation to Hastings several years later that the collective was fully formed with local songwriters & producers; its participants including members of Somnians and Al Mitchell & The New Born Sinners. As Britain plunged into the 2020 Lockdown a Soundcloud page appeared, populating with intriguingly titled demos - ‘The Haunting Of H Quinn’, ‘Butterflies Above The Belt’ and ‘Occupado’ - at an ever increasingly prolific rate.

At the heart of ‘this new music lies the frail beauty of acoustic folk-noir luminaries Will Oldham, Mark Linkous & Conor Oberst. But just as Sparklehorse and Bright Eyes were prone to full electric sonic outbursts, Snake Eats Boy’s electric guitars threaten to unleash unpredictable, violent strikes, just as the schizophrenic reptile of the collective’s moniker moves from docile house-pet to aggressive predator.

And with senses finely-tuned to their surroundings, Snake Eats Boy channel an environmental influence into their music…the folky beginnings of a countryside upbringing giving way to the wavy-surf tones of electric guitars from a decade of living by the coast.