Nottingham trio Eyre Llew return with new single, 'Rainbow Bridge'
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Nottingham trio Eyre Llew return with their new single, 'Rainbow Bridge', which arrived July 15th as the latest preview of their forthcoming album ‘BLOOM’, out September 18th.
Eyre Llew is pronounced like “Air Loo.” Think of how you’d say Jane Eyre, that’s the “Eyre” part, and Llew is short for Llewelyn.
Inspired by the much-loved poem depicting a place where dogs wait to be reunited with their owners, 'Rainbow Bridge' transforms that comforting idea into a deeply personal meditation on love and loss. Written after the passing of family dogs, the song reflects on the quiet ways animals leave lasting marks on our lives, their fearless curiosity, unconditional affection, and the everyday moments that become treasured memories once they're gone.
“Rather than dwelling in grief, the song sits in gratitude.” the band expand “It acknowledges loss, but frames it through warmth, memory, and the idea that love doesn’t disappear; it just changes shape. Rainbow Bridge is a soft tribute to the companionship, loyalty, and uncomplicated joy dogs give so freely, and how deeply they become part of our emotional landscape.”
““They have rendered me absolutely breathless. This is a beautiful band…””
Musically, the track unfolds with patience and precision. Delicate textures gradually give way to sweeping emotion, creating an atmosphere that's both intimate and expansive. Echoes of Radiohead's more adventurous work can be heard in its slow-burning dynamics and understated melancholy, with every shift feeling carefully earned.
Beginning in hushed reflection before rising into a powerful, cinematic finale, 'Rainbow Bridge' captures Eyre Llew at their most emotionally resonant. It's a song shaped by experience, the sound of a band writing from a place of perspective. After years of constant momentum, touring more than 20 countries, performing at Glastonbury, and attracting significant label attention, that trajectory came to an unexpected stop when the pandemic brought the music industry to a standstill.
Their upcoming album ‘BLOOM’ is the result. Eleven tracks mastered at Abbey Road Studios, recorded during an intense week at Finkle Barn with engineer Russ Clark, and written across years of isolation on the Yorkshire Moors, at home, and in the quiet spaces where the real work happens. The album draws from lived experience with a directness the band haven't shown before — moving cities for love, holding someone through anxiety, learning to imagine a future built on rootedness rather than momentum. "It's about the moment everything slowed down and we chose something real — love, home, and growth — instead of just motion," they say. "It's the sound of things finally taking root."
Sonically, ‘BLOOM’ retains the vast, cinematic quality that led BBC Radio 6 Music's Chris Hawkins to call Eyre Llew "Britain's answer to Sigur Rós" — but there's a new restraint at work here, a willingness to let fragility and space carry the weight. The record doesn't chase scale. It earns it. New material has already won over audiences at the band's sold-out comeback show at Nottingham's 550-capacity Saltbox, with press calling the new songs "live favourites" before the album has even been released.
““[A genre defying band]… Their songs are so well sculptured, they’re quite audacious in the way they’re put together; they take you on a journey.””
Cinematic in scope and unhurried in pace, Eyre Llew are post-rock that doesn't just fill a room — they transform it. To mark the release, the band will play their biggest-ever hometown headline show at The Nest, Nottingham,on September 19th — the night after the album drops.
Created in collaboration with a lighting director, the show is designed as a fully immersive production: a bespoke visual environment built around the world of ‘BLOOM’, unlike anything the band have attempted on stage before. For a band that has spent years in motion, it's a bold and deliberate choice to plant their flag somewhere, and invite everyone in.