Eamon McGrath

Eamon McGrath is a Canadian musician and writer from Edmonton, Alberta and currently based in Toronto, Ontario. On his own, his live performances are most often folk-oriented, where McGrath plays songs from his discography on acoustic instruments, but with a band the live show takes on a much more high-energy, punk rock influenced vein.

McGrath began recording on his own at his home in Toronto. In late 2008 he signed with White Whale Records. That year he also began a rigid touring schedule which continued for six years.

McGrath and White Whale released the album Peacemaker, which appeared on the !Earshot National Top 50 Chart in October 2010.

Young Canadians was released on April 10, 2012. The record is produced by David Carswell and John Collins of The Evaporators.

In 2012, McGrath performed at Sackville, New Brunswick's Sappyfest 7 with Chris Thompson, Julie Doiron and Mark Gaudet of Eric's Trip playing songs from Young Canadians. McGrath also plays guitar in Julie & The Wrong Guys, featuring Julie Doiron and Cancer Bats members Mike Peters and Jaye Schwarzer.

Exile, the follow-up to Young Canadians, was released in the form of three separate digital EPs over the course of nine months, concluding with a full LP in September 2014. Exile - Part One was released on October 15, 2013 followed by the second instalment in March, 2014 while the full-length conclusion was released digitally and in LP format on September 9, 2014. A Canadian and European tour followed. Alongside Dan Mangan, Rae Spoon and Gavin Gardiner of The Wooden Sky, McGrath scored music for North Country Cinema's feature film The Valley Below, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2014.

On October 21, 2014 Toronto's New Damage Records released a split 7-inch by Eamon McGrath and Edmonton-based punk band SLATES, where both artists cover each other's material.

McGrath's first book, a fictionalized tour memoir entitled Berlin-Warszawa Express, was released in spring 2017 by ECW Press. In the same year, the debut album from Julie Doiron & The Wrong Guys was released on Dine Alone Records. McGrath's sixth full-length record, Tantramar, was released June 1, 2018 on Saved By Vinyl. The follow-up to 'Tantramar', 'Guts', was released on September 6, 2019 on Saved By Vinyl and Uncle M Music.

• Wild Dogs (Champion City Records, 2008)
• 13 Songs of Whiskey and Light (White Whale, 2009)
• Peace Maker (White Whale, 2010)
• Young Canadians (White Whale, 2012)
• Pegasus (Independent, 2013)
• Exile (Aporia, 2014)
• Tantramar (Saved By Vinyl, 2018)
• Guts (Saved By Vinyl, Uncle M Music, 2019)

• Berlin-Warszawa Express (ECW Press, 2017)