Easy Life
Easy Life (stylised as easy life) are an English alternative Indie group formed in Leicester in 2017. They came second in the 2020 edition of the BBC's Sound of..., an annual music poll of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. Their third mixtape, "Junk Food", reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart a day after its release. Their debut studio album, "Life's a Beach", was released on 28 May 2021. Career. The band was formed by frontman Murray Matravers in mid-2017. They released their first single, "Pockets", via  Chess Club Records in November 2017, and subsequently signed to Island Records. They released their debut mixtape "Creature Habits" in April 2018. Following the release of the singles "Frank" in July 2018 and "Nightmares" in September 2018, the band appeared on "Later... with Jools Holland". The band finished 2018 by releasing their fourth single, "Temporary Love Part 1" (with B-side "Temporary Love Part 2"), in December. In February 2019, Matravers appeared on the popular YouTube channel Colors to perform "OJPL", the B-side to "Frank". They released their second mixtape, "Spaceships", containing the single "Sunday" in March. They also  took their first trip to the US in 2019, playing at South by Southwest, and went on another UK tour. They released the "Houseplants" single (with B-side "Spaghetti Hoops") in May and played the Spotlight Show at The Great Escape Festival, the Governors Ball Music Festival, and headlined the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Festival in June. Debuting as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record" on BBC Radio 1 in July, the band released the single "Earth". The music video, commenting on environmental issues, was shot at a plastic recycling plant in Morocco. In September 2019, their song "Pockets  was featured as part of the FIFA 19 soundtrack. The band released their debut album Life's a Beach" on 28 May 2021. On 13 April 2021, they made their American television debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to perform the single "Skeletons" from "Life's a Beach".