The Band
“Raised By Eagles’ songs are the kind you fall in love with at the first listen and then endlessly trawl bars and venues across Melbourne to be near again. This is no crush. This is a great, enduring romance” – LIZ STRINGER
"Raised by Eagles opened for us on our national tour in 2017. I watched 'em every night and was taken in by their wide eyed commitment to their craft. It's a sound that's intense yet personal and sentimental. Their music soars and meanders, takes you to familiar places you've never been. To call them alt-country only tells half the story" - MICK THOMAS
"I got to jump in the van and play some shows with Raised By Eagles in Sydney and Maitland, and such proximity gave me an insight into a few facts: they can pack and drive a van real good, they're bloody funny, and they have a wonderful 'greater than the sum of the parts' chemistry on stage - they look and listen out for each other as they lean on their glorious songs, and are thus a magnificent thing to behold – punchy, tender, sad, joyous and inspiring" - CHARLES JENKINS
Raised By Eagles' entrance onto Melbourne’s musical landscape in July 2013 immediately garnered the attention of Americana music aficionados across the country, their debut release scoring the band a nomination at the Age Music Victoria Awards that year for ‘Best Country Album’.
Since then, continually raw and captivating performances have cemented Raised By Eagles’ reputation as one of Melbourne’s most sought after independent acts. They released their widely acclaimed follow-up LP Diamonds In the Bloodstream in May 2015 which bagged a slew of award nominations and went on to win 'Best Country Album' and 'Best Emerging Artist' at the Age Music Victoria Awards. It also scored them an invitation from the prestigious Americana Music Festival in Nashville Tennessee, where they delivered a stellar run of international shows before returning home to begin 2016. After a big year on the Australian festival circuit which included Port Fairy Folk Festival, Bigsound, Bello Winter Music Festival and Dashville Skyline the band took a break to start writing and recording their third album, 'I Must Be Somewhere'. Released in May 2017, it scored a hasty four stars in Rolling Stone Australia and won them 'Best Country Album' again, at the Age Music Victoria Awards 2017. I Must Be Somewhere is available now through ABC Music and at all good record stores.
Raised By Eagles is a band of integrity and a generosity of spirit. A band that remains unaffected by the smoke and mirrors of music in the post-modern era, and encapsulates the art of storytelling at it’s heartfelt finest...
Raised By Eagles are:
Luke Sinclair | vocals, guitar
Nick O'Mara | vocals, lead-guitars, lap steel
Luke Richardson | bass
Johnny Gibson | drums
THINGS PEOPLE SAID ABOUT - DIAMONDS IN THE BLOODSTREAM - 2015 :
★★★★ – Noel Mengel, The Courier Mail - “Pop stars and pop hits come and go, but this stuff will always be around, and Raised By Eagles are the next generation to carry on an Australian country-rock tradition that passes down from Country Radio, The Dingoes and The Black Sorrows.”
★★★★☆ – Martin Boulton, The Age - “In just a couple of years this Melbourne quartet have delivered two of the finest alt-country albums you’ll find in many, many miles. In the great tradition of long-established bands like Wilco, but in a fraction of the time…”
★★★★ – Sam Fell, Sydney Morning Herald - “their eponymous debut heralded the arrival of something special, but their second cut transcends this and then some...lyrically robust, telling gritty tales of life raw and real”
★★★★ - Polly Coufos, The Australian - "Moving between country and rock and at times showing off some of the confident energy of Under the Sun-era Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls, their search for their own place makes for great listening."
★★★★ – John Turnbull, Independent Australia - “With the ability to turn a phrase reminiscent of Paul Kelly, Raised by Eagles represent an exciting future for Australian music.”
★★★★ – Chris Familton, The Music - intimate and explicitly emotional storytelling… Raised By Eagles are carving out their own niche in the world of alt.country.
★★★ – Gareth Hipwell, Rolling Stone - “There’s a uniquely Australian stillness at work here…Diamonds In The Bloodstream is undeniably sweet.”
THINGS PEOPLE SAID ABOUT - RAISED BY EAGLES (DEBUT LP) - 2013 :
★★★★ - Jo Roberts, Taste In Music Magazine - “a lush alt-country sound reminiscent of Whiskeytown or early Wilco. – Raised By Eagles can move from a soulful mosey into a runaway pop-twang with ease. A stirring debut.”
★★★★ - Michael Dwyer, The Age - “Tom T. Hall or Jerry Jeff Walker, real cowboys with a romantic obscurity untarnished by platinum sales...that’s the sound Raised By Eagles’ self-titled CD nails with seemingly effortless harmony.”
★★★★ - Marty Jones, Rhythms Magazine - “Fans of Son Volt and Whiskeytown will fall head over heals for this self-titled debut, which unashamedly celebrates the early days of alt-country, when the music and the stories looked you straight in the eye.”
★★★★ - Patrick Emery, (Album Of The Week) Beat Magazine - “...special, in a Muscle Shoals sort of way. If this is Raised By Eagles in its childhood, maturity promises to be pretty darn good.”
★★★★ - Basement Discs, Melbourne - This is easily one of the best Australian releases of the year for our tastes. Stellar songwriting with no hesitation in letting the songs swing.”
★★★★ - Kate Hatch, Unpaved - “It’s common to compliment an album for being greater than the sum of its parts, but when each of its components is as fine as on Raised by Eagles’ eponymously titled debut it can seem like faint praise”.