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EILISH GILLIGAN
announces new EP
FIRST ONE TO LEAVE THE PARTY 
out August 6
and headline shows
in Sydney and Melbourne

Shares new single
“GET WELL SOON”

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Eilish Gilligan // Photo Credit: Jeff Andersen

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MEDIA FEEDBACK:

“Showcased on ‘Get Well Soon’ is [Gilligan’s] ability to perfectly capture an emotive period of time, packaging up an array of emotions, moods, and feelings and presenting them through excellent, introspective music.” – Purple Sneakers

“Hospital feels like the pinnacle of her talents (so far), and the power they can hold when shown their most potential”  – Pilerats

“[Hospital is] honest, heartbreaking, raw, captivating and emotively beautiful” – Thomas Bleach

“Gilligan’s voice is ethereal. It floats and soars above a lush, layered instrumental. Truly glorious” – Backseat Mafia

“For fans of James Blake, ‘Flesh’ is another trip into the deepest, darkest parts of Gilligan‘s emotions” – Purple Sneakers

“Everything you create is so dynamic and deliberate” – Abby Butler, Triple J Unearthed (4.5 Stars)

“This track is chilly with bruised emotion but I still feel warm like I’m cloaked inside Eilish’s careful performance” – Dave Ruby Howe, Triple J Unearthed (4 Stars)

“Another one outta the ether, another beautiful record” – Tommy Faith, Triple J Unearthed (4 Stars)

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Melbourne-based musician, Eilish Gilligan is excited to announce her forthcoming EP, First One To Leave The Party will be out on August 6 independently, as well as headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Today, she presents, “Get Well Soon” a striking upbeat pop track that was co-written with Gab Strum (Japanese Wallpaper), and Lach Bostock (Mansionair) and follows on from the opening cut, “Up All Night”.

Continuing to showcase Gilligan’s talented songwriting, “Get Well Soon” grapples with the anguish of grieving relationships and the process of moving on: “I’m so sick without you / I want to get better / I want to get well soon”. Gilligan’s swelling voice is perfectly complemented by the rousing synth. 

Gilligan elaborates, “I wrote Get Well Soon in the midst of grieving a relationship – you know that part in the grieving process, where you start getting impatient that you’re not better yet? Yeah. That part. I dreamt of telling this person that I was so sick over them, still, after all this time – and I didn’t want them back, but I just wanted them to know that I still felt awful about the whole thing. And that I missed them.”

Having taken the opportunity to turn inward and self-produce her debut EP, Hospital, during 2020, Gilligan has returned to her collaborative nature on First One To Leave The Party, which is an aspirational collection of pop songs produced by David Haddad (Lime Cordiale, Montaigne) and features co-writes with Alex Lahey, Gab Strum of Japanese Wallpaper and Lachlan Bostock of Mansionair.

First One To Leave The Party bursts with the most wide-ranging arrangements of Gilligan’s career. As delicate synth melodies weave its way throughout the EP, Gilligan captures a specific moment in time. Each song unfurls another aspect of the final party that Gilligan attended before COVID-19 shut the world down – or at least, how Gilligan wished that final party had played out… Opening track, “Up All Night” is as dynamic as it is playful as Gilligan traces the snap decision to go out and party, to stay up all night, to replace lovers with friends, and to dance with a room full of strangers. “Get Well Soon” is the shared, sacred moment with friends in an Uber, and is followed by a sweet and melancholic ballad, “When You Forget Me”. Nostalgic laden “First One To Leave The Party” sees Gilligan find closure and self-worth, making the grand exit from the party after confessing everything she needed to say to an ex. Closing track, “It’s Not You, It’s Not Me” is the clarity, acceptance, and forgiveness as she emerges from the chrysalis.

Gilligan is deeply excited to return to the stage with an entirely new live show, after spending a year perfecting her craft, streaming performances multiple times a week live from her bedroom through her Twitch channel. Dynamic, electrifying, and expressive, Gilligan’s live show is one to remember – and these stunning new tracks, lauded by triple j, NME, Music Junkee, and more, will stick with you long after you leave the party.

First One To Leave The Party
is out independently on August 6.

First One To Leave The Party
EP Dates:

Sat 18 Sept – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne | Tickets
Sat 25 Sept – Waywards, Sydney | Tickets

On Sale June 25

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Eilish Gilligan
First One To Leave The Party EP
Track List:

1. Up All Night
2. Get Well Soon
3. When You Forget Me
4. First One To Leave The Party
5. It’s Not You, It’s Not Me

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AMNPLIFY – DB