Brickhouse have today released their new single and video titled ‘Angel Eyes’. From the opening moments, Brickhouse make it painfully obvious they skipped the part where debut bands are supposed to play it safe. ‘Angel Eyes’ crashes through the speakers wrapped in a glorious cloud of reverb, distortion, and emotional baggage that somehow feels lighter than most modern indie acts pretending to have something worth saying. The video leans into that same restless energy, capturing a band that already looks completely at home inside its own sound instead of desperately borrowing someone else’s identity. It feels raw without trying to advertise how raw it is, which is a surprisingly rare trick these days.
The song itself balances bruised vulnerability with enough guitar noise to rattle loose a few old memories of its own. Every swirling lead line cuts through the haze while the rhythm section keeps everything locked together with quiet confidence rather than unnecessary flash. Sharp’s vocal carries the weight of someone wrestling with memories that refuse to stay buried, yet never sinks into melodrama. Plenty of bands can imitate the ghosts of alternative rock history. Brickhouse actually sound like they invited those ghosts into the room, gave them a drink, and then wrote something fresh anyway.
Visually, ‘Angel Eyes’ avoids every tired music video cliché that would have drained the mystery from the song. Instead of spelling everything out, it trusts atmosphere to do the heavy lifting. Shadows, movement, and understated performance shots create a mood that feels just detached enough to pull you deeper into the story. The whole thing has that late night quality where every streetlight suddenly looks cinematic and every bad decision somehow becomes poetic. It understands that less explanation often leaves a bigger mark.
For a first single, ‘Angel Eyes’ lands with remarkable confidence. Brickhouse already possess the chemistry that many bands spend years pretending they have while posting carefully filtered rehearsal photos online. This debut does not sound like a rough draft or an introduction. It sounds like the opening statement from a group that already knows exactly where it wants to go and has enough volume to make sure everyone else hears it too. If this is chapter one, the rest of the story suddenly became a lot more interesting.
About Brickhouse & ‘Angel Eyes’
Manchester-based four-piece, Brickhouse release their debut single Angel Eyes, a track picks at gritty grunge and noise-pop influences while dialling into the heroin haze of 60’s experimental rock. Focusing the mind on themes of memory and loss and evoking the uncompromising static of The Jesus and Mary Chain and the measured rebellion of The Velvet Underground, the reverb-heavy introducer counts as immediate, vital listening.
Written by charismatic vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Owain Sharp, on an acoustic guitar in his childhood bedroom over a solitary Christmas, the song deals with the aftermath of an ended relationship and the difficulty in separating the past from the present.
Once the track had been filtered through the full band, Angel Eyes’ sense of intimacy became expansive with wiry lead hooks snaking over tidal, distorted rhythm guitars, while Brickhouse’s rhythm section employs sharp economy as a weapon. Making for a smoky, late-night mood, Angel Eyes’ final sense of chilled darkness and romantic frustration combines with volume, release and kinetic, live energy.
Sharp explains: “Angel Eyes is, at its core, about being haunted. Not in the supernatural sense, but rather the persistent melancholy. The lingering of memories after losing a lover and being unsure as to how to help yourself let go and be released from the curse of seeing someone in everybody else you meet.”
“Sonically, the track draws from the Reid brothers and Lou Reed and the gang but also Sonic Youth and The Stooges. What they all did came to redefine the eras that they worked in. While those references are vintage, ‘Angel Eyes’ came out of the studio sounding like something with echoes of then but definitely something also of the now.”
Brickhouse consists of Sharp (vocals/rhythm guitar), Max Duffy (lead guitar/backing vocals), Alex Price (bass) and Freddie Haigh (drums). Brickhouse previously played together at during their formative years in the Calderdale Valley before continuing to explore the project’s possibilities while at university in Manchester.
Brickhouse worked with producer/mixer Pranam Mavahalli (a.k.a DJ Astrolayb) on Angel Eyes, contributing additional arrangement and instrumentation, including guesting on piano, as well as engineer, Seadna McPhail.
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