Welcome to the Eastern Lane electronic download centre. Click on the links below to listen to or download some free tracks.

"Shades of Black" is an accomplished debut Lyrically, one could look to such greats as Morrissey or Frame. Musically, they cover all bases: punk rock through to the twisted Appalachian country of Oldham and Pajo et al. This is music created in total seclusion; there is no scene; no infrastructure; just them and the rest of the world.

"I guess we are in to a lot of shit. Danny, Andrew and Stuart are in to the likes of Love, the Stooges, the Pixies, the Velvets and Joy Division. Me? I get most things. Take a song like "Portrait of Tuesday", for me, it's my own little tribute to the Carter Family and "Folsom Prison"-era Johnny Cash."

Love and loneliness are recurrent themes throughout the LP but all is not 'black''. "We do do happy but not in an obvious way" concludes Derek, laughing. "And we did have a laugh making this record. The album's closer "Hear the Dark" just needed a bit more black...so we set up a mic in the middle of the disused railway track and waited until two in the morning. Perfect. Pitch black. That's when we recorded it."

Shades of Black the debut album from Eastern Lane is out on Monday 19 May. Meanwhile you can download or listen to some tracks from the album

Shadow - Real audio clip

Vena Caba - MPEG(2.7mb)

No Salvation - Real audio clip

Check out the site regularly as new tracks will be uploaded in the near future.