But Pelican uses “pop” elements only as flat contrasts to their loud guitar attack. Of course, the best pop music is, in one or another, decidedly not tame. And while an argument can be made for the former (an argument that, consequently, works against the idea of evolution), the “pop” elements found on the record seem to imply that pop music is tame. City of Echoes has been tagged as both the band’s “straight rock” record and its “pop” record. The biggest problem is that much of the “reinvention” hype is based on the album’s most superficial element. However, since the band insists this is a drastic new direction for them, and it doesn’t really sound like that, the album feels more hemmed in and unoriginal than it actually is.
#ECHOES BAND FREE#
Free of any pre-release claims, it is a solid, energetic and intricate record from a band that can play the hell out of some prog-post-whatever-you’d-call-it-metal. Whatever that means.Īnd so it is with Pelican’s new record, City of Echoes. Sometimes the claim pays off, and the band has moved forward and improved, but often the drastic change card makes for a disappointing album not because the album is bad, but because it isn’t “different” enough from previous material. Fair or not, it places a set of expectations on the listener that perhaps wouldn’t be there otherwise. In his spare time, Evan enjoys petting other peoples’ dogs and cooking.By claiming reinvention, or drastic evolution, upon the release of a new album, a band can really hamstring themselves. He has one album of original compositions out, Unsolvable Problems, featuring Lex Korten and Kayvon Gordon.
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After completing his schooling, Evan moved to Miami, Florida and became one of the cities most in demand bass players of Jazz. Evan was featured as a clinician of Brazilian music at the Richard Davis Bass Conference in 2014, at Madison, Wisconsin. Evan has had the opportunity to perform with Benny Golson, Carl Allen, Nicholas Payton, Dave Liebman, Jamey Haddad and many others. He has performed at jazz clubs such as: Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Cliff Bells, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center and has played at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 20.
#ECHOES BAND PROFESSIONAL#
Originally from New Jersey, Evan started his professional carrier at the age of 16. He is a Filipino American that completed his master’s degree at the University of Michigan and his undergraduate degree at Oberlin Conservatory. EVAN LEVINEĮvan Salvacion Levine is an electric and double bassist located in Chicago, IL. In September 2018, he will move to Basel, Switzerland, to participate in the internationally assembled ensemble, Focusyear. Kuesel continues to actively perform and compose. He graduated from Berklee in June 2018 with an M.M.
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While in Boston, he played and performed with Jason Palmer, Noah Preminger, Billy Buss, Kenny Werner, George Garzone, Julian Shore, and many other incredible musicians.
#ECHOES BAND FULL#
In 2017, he moved to Boston to begin his graduate studies on full scholarship at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where he studied with Danilo Pérez, Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, and Joe Lovano. He studied with Billy Hart, Jamey Haddad, Robin Eubanks, and Eddie Henderson throughout his time there. Kuesel graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory in 2016 with a BM in Jazz Studies and a BA in English. An accomplished and versatile performer and teacher, his musical ensembles and affiliations have taken him across the world. Chase Kuesel (pronounced Key-sull) is a drummer and composer from Cos Cob, Connecticut.