We'll Be Piranhas (2023) by Eamon The Destroyer - Music Album Review

We'll Be Piranhas is the second album from Edinburgh based musician Eamon The Destroyer, someone who has played in Edinburgh bands, Idiot Half Brothers and Ageing Children, as well as putting out music under the Bunny and the Invalid Singers and Harold Nono monikers. Even with my very limited knowledge of music, I understand that the second album can often be the most difficult to create, but not having heard first album, A Small Blue Car, this will be judged on its own merits. Of course, the usual disclaimer that music is all a bit alien to me, so take my views with a pinch of salt.

The eight track album begins with 'The Choirmaster', a near five minute opener that begins in an experimental fashion before turning into a sound that felt optimistic, but in a slightly unsettling 1970's kind of optimistic sound. This leads into 'Rope', another track around five minutes in length that I described as sounding like modern day hotel lobby music, with a quietly angry vibe to it. That was also the sole track on the album that included some swearing.

There was then three tracks in the middle that sounded like they belonged together like a little trilogy. 'Sonny Said' was another five minute track, this one sounded like a happy and upbeat song, but one played in a lower key than expected to give it a downbeat feel, something that next track 'Underscoring The Blues' also gave off. This middle part culminates with the excellent title track 'We'll Be Piranhas' that has what sounds like an accordian giving it a nautical feel alongside the understated singing.
Heading into the last part of the album is 'A Pewter Wolf' that was slightly more experimental, with this almost sounding like two tracks in one split in half in the middle. Penultimate track, 'A Call Coming' and final track 'My Stars' has the singer sounding like he is talking to himself, with the lines "A time will come when the sun will return" and "Things will turn out just fine" sounding more like he is trying to convince himself rather than these being definite statements.

We'll Be Piranhas was an interesting album with a gradual change of feeling. For me, the highlight were the three middle tracks, with the sometimes experimental nature of some of the other tracks not hitting the same as those for me. All in all though, this slow paced introspective album was something that made for an different listen. We'll Be Piranhas was released on 31st October via Bearsuit Records.

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