Captured Tracks announce EZTV’s debut LP
EZTV ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM CALLING OUT – 10TH JULY ON CAPTURED TRACKS
LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE ‘THE LIGHT’
It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that EZTV met while trying out for the US touring line-up of Spiritualized, but it’s not far from the truth. 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 For 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. Tracks like first single ‘The Light’ exhibit what you would call the EZTV mantra: presenting songs with only the required embellishments.
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.
In an era of independent music with a lot more emphasis placed on “story” and meaningless twitter feuds, EZTV present a record that speaks for itself. It’s an LP made for an audience that doesn’t want or need any kind of angle or controversy, but desires songs that resonate and have a lasting appeal, something available here in spades.
Calling Out will be released 10th July via Captured Tracks.
EZTV CALLING OUT TRACKLISTING
1. Bury Your Heart
2. Pretty Torn Up
3. The Light
4. Hard To Believe
5. Everything Was Changing
6. Soft Tension
7. Dust In The Sky
8. Blue Buzz
9. Trampoline
10. There Goes My Girl
11. Long Way To Go
12. That’s Where You Belong
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