Eztv

Songwriter And Audio Engineer Ezra Tenenbaum Had Been Casually Working On Solo Home Recordings On His Tascam 8-Track In The Vein Of Shoes Emitt Rhodes And Cleaners From Venus And In A Desire To Round Out The Songs He Enlisted Bassist Shane O’Connell And Drummer Michael Stasiak Formerly Of Widowspeak . As It Happened The Trio’s First Chance To Play Together Was An Audition For The American Touring Version Of Spiritualized They Didn’t Get The Job . But The Trio Kept Meeting And Working Turning Ezra Recording As A Solo Artist Into Ezra Shane And Michael Playing As A Band Thus EZTV Was Formed.
With A Pool Of Over 30 Demos To Work With And Jarvis Taveniere Of Woods Onboard To Produce The Band Headed To Thump Studios In Greenpoint Brooklyn To Record Their Debut LP For Captured Tracks. The Result Is Calling Out A Cohesive 12-Song Statement In The Long Tradition Of Fully Realized Debuts Stripped Of Artifice But Full Of Hooks And Songwriting Chops. They’ve Got One Foot Firmly Planted In Classic American Power-Pop And College Rock While The Other Utilizes More Left-Of-The-Dial Sonic Experimentation. The Result Is A Sound That’s Both Familiar And New But Always About The Songs. read less