Eigenface are Penelope Esplin (French for Rabbits, Lake South, Grawlixes), Elliot Vaughan (CNZ/NZSM Composer in Residence 2024, Moth Quartet) and Logan Valentine (Moon Lander, The Tweeks). Eigenface’s self-titled debut album is out now on all streaming platforms, on Home Alone Records.
Born from an impromptu challenge to write and perform on each other’s work, the result became a cohesive set of songs and a debut album. Across its songs, the band explores memory, place, relationships and the tension between beauty and discomfort through expansive arrangements, electronic textures and intimate storytelling. Recorded and mixed by Vaughan, mastered by Harris Newman (Wolf Parade, Buck Meek, Godspeed You! Black Emperor), and featuring Vaughan’s lush string arrangements throughout, the album delivers post-pop, paired with bright melodies and subtle dissonance, layered harmonies and richly textured arrangements.
Eigenface’s debut single, House by the Sea, reached #1 on RDU, #4 on Radio1 and #2 on the SRN Charts. Eigenface have appeared at Newtown Festival, The Performance Arcade and Day in the Bay, and shared the stage with Lake South, Julian Temple and The Broken Heartbreakers.
Their album also features the tracks Grief is Fucking Strange, Twizel, and Slow Exposure.
The band will celebrate the release of their debut album with a New Zealand tour:
EIGENFACE ALBUM RELEASE TOUR
Friday 2nd October @ Space Academy, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Saturday 3rd October @ Pearl Diver, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Friday 6th November @ Vogelmorn, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Saturday 7th November @ Porridge Watson, Whanganui
Thursday 12th November @ Big Fan, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Friday 13th November @ Last Place, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Tickets on sale via undertheradar.co.nz
