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Eclectic Angelino rock duo more* announced the release of their 2nd EP via Warner Records titled ‘2/2’. The five-track song cycle was written and recorded by Kane Richotte (vocals/guitars/bass/drums) and Malcolm McRae (vocals/ bass/guitar/keys) at the famed Sound City Studios in Los Angeles with veteran producer Tony Berg (Bandura, guitar, keys) at the helm. Additional backing vocals courtesy of: Maddy Baltor, Joseph Lorge, and Will Maclellan.
Click here to pre-order ‘2/2.’
‘2/2’ Tracklisting:
- Ride Along
- Keeping It In The Family
- Green
- Isn’t That Just Like Me
- Lazy James
‘2/2’ picks up where the band left off on last year’s ‘1/2’ debut EP. The latter has already gathered over half-a-million cumulative streams and counting. In addition to plugs from the likes of American Songwriter and more, Meaaww claimed, “more’s ‘1/2‘ EP is a superbly produced and finely-crafted offering. It features classic song structures, strong melodies and psychedelic dabbling filtered through expressive guitars, dexterous drums and great vocal harmonies.”
Asked about the origins of these 2 EPs, the duo confesses that “we both had separate solo projects going on when we met up. We only had a few songs together but later decided to record a whole demo album at Kane’s parents house using our phone via an app called DAW. Very DIY but we showed them
To celebrate the release, more* — now with an asterisk added to their name—release the track “Green,” from the EP along with a video, their first release for 2021.
The track conjures the dusty bliss of emotion grafted onto vinyl in an old school mom and pop record store. Its breezy acoustic guitars glide through organic keys, flutes, and a steady beat as the verses swoon with lyrical eloquence highlighted by the hook, “How does it feel?” Richotte and McRae — bothsongwriters, vocalists, producers, and multi-instrumentalists fashion a plainspoken, yet poetic gem out of analog wizardry and particularly literate songwriting.Keene McRae directed the accompanying music video, upholding the familial creative bond surrounding the band.
“We are insanely attracted to classic songwriting. Especially the master songwriting perfected in the 60s. Lyrical content is another solid pillar of our creativity and we focus on that a great deal!”
“Because we spent months recording these songs without having the opportunity to play them live, we are now kind of reconfiguring our set up in order for the tracks to be adjusted for a duo performance. We are kind of playing 3 instruments at once which is kind of funny but also what makes us unique, we think.”
more* recently made their live debut with an acclaimed performance at the “After Hours” Andy Warhol exhibit at Neuehouse in Los Angeles last month. As evidenced by the show, Ritchotte and McRae notably pioneered an inventive method to perform as a two-piece with live guitars, bass, and vocals through triggering and alternating a series of tapes in real-time, rounding out the sound with backing tracks for drums, keys, and an array of blurred textures. Together these sonic scientists evoke an intimate invitation into their slightly psychedelic bliss-pop inner sanctum.
Their journey through garage recording, songwriting and performing came to fruition when Warner found them and signed them but it wasn’t as fast and easy as it sounds!
“We met with another label and they straight up rejected us with a firm ‘they don’t have the songs’ type of deal. We obviously thought they were wrong, we felt like our music was good and got even more determined which finally paid off!”
