With the release of "Carriage House," The All's Eye has established their sonic world between the backroom jazz clubs of the '70s and a technicolor dreamscape. "Carriage House" opens with an air of filmic grandeur, a song every step of the way. This is a living piece of sound architecture, most likely named after the location where it was created. You can feel the walls of some real or imagined Carriage House absorbing every note and then whispering them out into this track.
This release also marks the beginning of a six-show tour of the PNW, featuring Seattle, Portland, Bellingham, Olympia, and a festival headlining set at Harstine Hoopla. If this song is any indication of what the live shows will provide, audiences can expect a transcendental, jam-driven ride that is both grounded and takes flight. Racking up 25+ originals and a buzz-worthy live show, The All's Eye is showing the world that they're not simply a band, but a vibe, and "Carriage House" is your pass-through, but don't miss the ride.
"Carriage House" is an instrumental that isn't evocative, but visual. Ari Joshua, Ben Atkind, and Kris Yunker (guys we're used to seeing in Bearly Dead and Alan Evans Trio, to name a few) don't play by genre rules. They instead generate an ecosystem in which jazz, psych-rock, and improv groove swirl into something entirely organic. Think Medeski Martin & Wood meeting up with early Phish for a bonfire jam where there are no guides and no curfew. "Carriage House" does what the best instrumentals do: it draws you in without asking anything of you. There's soul here, and the sort of soul that could emanate only from a band with a profound reverence for the culture of improvisation and a mutual yearning to feel something rather than impress.
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