Pias news – Ebbb anounce debut album ‘shallow hits’

Ebbb announce debut album "Shallow Hits", out July 10th on Ninja Tune + share new single 'Now You Know'

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Fast-rising London trio Ebbb return with news of their debut album, Shallow Hits, ahead of a July 10th release via esteemed independent institution Ninja Tune. A true vindication of all the early hype that the band - comprised of producer Lev Ceylan, vocalist Will Rowland and drummer Scott MacDonald - have built in recent years, Shallow Hits' arrival is led out of the gates by new single 'Now You Know' and news of a bumper tour across the UK and Europe this winter.

'Now You Know' arrives with perfect timing as the British summer rears its head, it finds the trio deploying an ever-growing pop nous to craft a sun-drenched banger sure to soundtrack many a festival in the coming months. Of the track, Rowland explains: "'Now You Know' started life as a playful, riff-led instrumental. Each layer brought the song to life - first the vocals with lyrics that depict obsessive love, and then the punchiness of the live drum groove, which really tied the song together in the studio. The song is the most playful and optimistic on the album."

Alongside news of the album comes word of a headline tour across the UK and Europe in support of Shallow Hits. The UK shows kick off November 25th at Sheffield's Hallamshire Hotel and include a headline London date at Club Cheek on December 1st, before heading to the continent for shows in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Czechia, culminating in Switzerland on December 16th.

When Ebbb released their genre-busting EP, All at Once, in 2024, they described their unique juxtaposing sounds, fusing glistening melody and harmonies with gritty noise and industrial rhythms, as "Brian Wilson meets Death Grips". However, two years on, such is the rapid feeling of evolution within the group, that such a statement now feels lacking. "I don't think it fits anymore," says Ceylan. "That was us trying to explain the extremes in our music, but at this point it's so much more than that. It's expanded and it's bigger – it's multi-faceted. For each idea, or each bit of vision we had, we wanted to deliver it in a very maximalist way."

The band have built a storied mythology on London's underground live circuit with devastating performances and were signed before releasing a single song, having opened for the likes of Mary in the Junkyard, Fcukers, Porridge Radio, PVA, The Voidz, The Orchestra (For Now) and recently heading out on the road with Shame for their European tour in 2025 as well as hitting up festivals including Truck, End of the Road, Latitude, The Great Escape, Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris and more EU festivals including Reeperbahn and Left of the Dial.

They've enjoyed incredible press support for a new artist including praise from The Guardian, NME, Rolling Stone UK, The Quietus ("Combining choral and orchestral roots with a love of grindcore, new wave, dream pop and techno"), DIY, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Dork, So Young Magazine, Wonderland and more. At radio they've racked up 4 playlist adds to date at BBC 6 Music championed by Huw Stephens, Lauren Laverne, Nick Grimshaw, Huw Stephens, Craig Charles, Gilles Peterson, New Music Fix Daily and Chris Hawkins.

Which brings us to Shallow Hits: an album of real clout and intensity that perfectly mirrors the maximalist approach Ceylan mentions, getting as much as possible from every song and sound on it. Aided by working with co-producer Tom Stafford, the album also benefits enormously from MacDonald's live playing, which was not present on the EP.

The scope, variety and ambition of the album is clear from the off. 'Come Alive' whirs into being quietly before morphing into a sun-kissed, radiant piece of calypso-esque electronic pop; pre-album single 'Home Ground', which is currently on the playlist at BBC 6 Music, turns contemplative, stark vocals into an after-hours belter; 'Shallow Hits' is as deft and detailed as it is big, bold and euphoric; while the wonky yet propulsive charge of 'Side On' sounds like a drum 'n' bass club and church choir combined.

A fervent eclecticism and unpredictable restlessness underpins the album. In its latter stages, it dives into the moody technoid textures and multi-layered harmonies that characterised the All at Once EP – exemplified by 'Youth' and closing track 'I'm Not Enough', which lands an emotional gut punch to an album that is already littered with them. For all that, though, there's a remarkable coherence and identity underpinning the album. Ebbb are exploring far and wide, deep and vast, yet they do so via an approach that remains unmistakably them.

Shallow Hits is an album bursting with ideas, textures, rhythms, detail and emotion. A bold and singular debut record from a group who truly do not sound like anyone else right now.