All of Us/None of Us - Arcane and Abel

Arcane and Abel, 4 Song EP, December, 2008
by
All of us/None of us
Genre: Alternative/Folk/Metal/Blues

 

 

All of Us/None of Us - Excess

All of Us/None of Us

All of Us/None of Us Guitarist and singer Eric Ray, a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and R Tyck, bassist, a recording engineer and college instructor, began collaborating while Ray was living in San Francisco and Tyck in Los Angeles. Originally intending their work to be a studio project, the two wrote and recorded by sending tapes back and forth and making occasional trips between the two cities. Much of their debut album, Lucky Robot, was recorded in this manner.  Upon Ray’s return to his native Los Angeles, the two decided to start performing their material live and began looking for like-minded musicians. In 2005 they added cellist Catherine Cavella and drummer Courtney Olsen and began to perform in and around Los Angeles and the Bay Area to enthusiastic audiences. In 2006 Cavella moved away to Philadelphia. Later that same year Olsen left the group.  All of Us/None of Us continues to write, record and perform with a variety of different musicians.

All of Us/None of Us has been compared to Beck, Radiohead, P.J. Harvey and Jane's Addiction to name a few.  While I did find Arcane and Abel to be a bit Beckish, I also found enough originality in it to call it their own.

"A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be
who's hungry and where their mouth is or
who's out of work and where the job is or
who's broke and where the money is or
who's carrying a gun and where the peace is.” (Woody Guthrie)

To this end, Arcane and Abel conveys the hopelessness, social injustice and “I am fed up with society” values of  Guthrien folk music with a unique blues/metal twist, while keeping  it relevant to today's world.

My overall rating:  90 out of 100.
Would I buy this EP:  Yes
My favorite track:  #3 Excess
My least favorite and ironically the longest, track:  #4 Knew That  

At $3.96 on i Tunes, this 4 song EP is a true bargain and should find it's way into everyone's collection.

References: All of Us/None of Us MySpace Page

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