Originating from Athens, Georgia (home to REM, the B-52’s, Deerhunter, Pylon and other indie rock luminaries) in the United States, Eddie Whelan relocated to London in 2013 to pursue a career as a visual artist where he honed his craft working on Fashion Week shows, directing music videos for Jarvis Cocker and giving art direction to major fashion brands. During this time Eddie was also amassing a collection of bedroom recordings as part of his Eddie the Wheel solo project. Eddie enlisted friends and acquaintances to contribute to recordings whilst in London before sending the songs back across the Atlantic to be mixed by Hank Sullivant (MGMT) where the songs took a new life of their own, becoming ‘Southern Minimalist Futurist Ridiculous’. After releasing lead single ‘Leave Behind’ digitally and on tape for Cassette Store Day, a drum machine-led track which blends Eddie’s positive, uplifting vocals with driving guitar and heartening synths, reached 900,000 plays on Spotify leading to Eddie being invited to be official tour support for Amen Dunes (Sacred Bones Recordings) on his tour across the UK and Europe. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.