Blackburn-based quartet Egos At The Door are no strangers to doing it themselves. The moniker of “hardest working band in the scene” is often thrown around pretty casually, but in their case it’s true.
Already experiencing all the ups and downs of being a young and penniless band touring the EU and US East coast extensively off their own backs, they’ve so far released a debut album and single through Lockjaw Records and faced just about every hardship that life could throw at them.
With a true DIY ethic the guys have pulled through a van crash in the middle of Poland, countless van breakdowns, collective unemployment and financial meltdowns, getting stranded in the middle of Europe and were forced to take a year out of playing entirely for a band member to recover from cancer. Egos At The Door is more than just a namesake for this band, it’s a mantra.
A noisy, mathy, at times even jazzy, experimental cyclone of musical genres and ideas, they made humble beginnings at the tender ages of 17 to 20 in January 2011.
They will be releasing a brand new EP later this year but for now are sharing a live studio session of new track Polar Perspectives II: