BBI-014 - Ezrat - Carousel

€7.00 - €15.50

BBI-014 - Ezrat - Carousel

€7.00 - €15.50

Ezrat – Carousel | Indie Pop / Power Pop / Jangle Pop | BBI-014

Ezrat is a simple twist of the lemon for followers of Ezra Tenenbaum's previous band, EZTV, who released two hook-filled LPs on Captured Tracks and toured with the likes of Real Estate, Ultimate Painting, Jenny Lewis and others.

Written following a bout of heavy touring, eventual hiatus of EZTV and amidst the degradation of multiple relationships, the songs that make up Carousel were culled from an obsessive trove of over 50 home-recorded demos. Sounds oscillate from jangly meditations ("Turn the Time"), drum machine-fueled heart pangs ("Picture Taker"), and the ethereal ruminations of a shut-in ("Loud Sounds").

After tracking live at Brooklyn's Figure 8 Studios, guitarist Ezra Tenenbaum and drummer Michael Stasiak fleshed out knotty hook-filled arrangements at home with the help of a rotating crew of friends, including Kyle Forester (Woods, Purple Mountains), John Andrews (Hand Habits, Cut Worms), Michael Hesslein (Mail the Horse) and others.

Listeners can expect the same deliciously deployed power-pop hooks that recall British invaders or left-of-the-dial new wave. New players are in the mix, plus some old faces, playing pop-inflected rock music that operates as both a mirror to our past and a strum-happy tunnel to the future.

CREDITS:

Ezra Tenenbaum — Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Organ, Electric Piano
Michael Stasiak — Drums, Percussion

Featuring:
Dove Bailey (Bass), Gabrielle Redmond (Backing Vocals), Michael Hesslein (Organ), Kyle Forester (Saxophone, Arrangement), Sam Kulik (Trombone), John Andrews (Backing Vocals), Christian Peslak (Backing Vocals), Mel Stancato (Backing Vocals), Kyla-Rose Smith (Violin), Elena Moon Park (Violin), Tim Goodwin (Synthesizer)

Produced by Ezra Tenenbaum and Michael Stasiak
Mixed by Chris Botta
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Album Art by Christian Peslak, Jen Goma and Alicia Adamerovich
Photography by David Brandon Geeting

TRACKLIST:

Side A:

Distortions
Loud Sounds
Picture Taker
Turn the Time
Yellow Flowers
Heavenly Highway

Side B:

Visions
Endless Holiday
Daylight Star
Leap Year
Moonlit Miles
Messages

FOR FANS OF: EZTV, Real Estate, Ultimate Painting, The Bats, The Go-Betweens, Woods, Captured Tracks

Released: September 25, 2020
Format: 12" LP
Label: Bobo Integral Records
Cat: BBI-014
Barcode: 8436022626904
Genre: Indie Pop, Power Pop, Jangle Pop
Origin: Brooklyn, USA