Ex Everything is a band based out of Oakland that released its debut album Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart in 2023 The group launched in 2018 with guitarist Jon Howell (Kowloon Walled City) and Ben Thorne (Low Red Land, Tartuffi) who were seeking a vehicle for musical ideas and interests that didn’t fully fit in with their then extant and current outfits. As Ex Everything was putting together its more full-fledged lineup the pandemic hit necessitating incubating song ideas that in the long arc of how the pandemic stretched most if not all musical project timelines meant the quartet was able to hone its concepts and sounds for a record that is equal parts angular post-hardcore and caustic noise rock that fit in well with the Neurot Recordings imprint that ended up releasing the album. The record’s lyrics are scathing examination of destructive human behavior but expressed in a way that has built into the words that suggests the possibility of moving through the worst aspects of modern human civilization. This has meant that the music though intense and heavy is in the end cathartic and a decidedly not nihilistic assessment of the prospects for our collective species.
Listen to our interview with Jon Howell on Bandcamp and follow Ex Everything at the links below. The band performs on the first night of Ghost Canyon Fest on August 23, 2024 at The Skylark Lounge. Tickets for the festival can be purchased here for the second annual event showcasing left field rock and experimental music.
Ex Everything on Neurot Recordings
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