Ezra Kire is
known from his early days in the New York crack rocksteady scene, writing songs
and providing a voice that helped make the genre become a veritable revisioning
of punk. In bands like Leftover Crack and Morning Glory he combined crust,
black metal, and ska with pop hooks, and in that he did something admirable –
he helped create a new sort of punk rock that was both tough and catchy –
something a new generation of misfits could worship and look to for guidance.
As heavy as a sledgehammer, and about as subtle.
And then, in a fit of further revisioning, Ezra started to separate himself from the scene he helped create and released new music with his old crack rocksteady band Morning Glory. But, the new M-Glory wasn’t the same as the old, it was defiantly Kire in every way. He found himself playing with the boundaries of punk, introducing piano and strings that backed loud and heavy anthems.
On his solo release Speakers In The Sky he brings a stripped down album. This is largely a piano album, while the later tracks do bring in some of the Morning Glory bombast, it doesn’t aim to be punk by any means. It is an album that suits any mood; if you are feeling down then put it on. If you are in an okay place and feeling more upbeat then put it on. It is great and helps with everything that life throws at you.
The track that I am going to share here is Let It Go. This is where Kire masterfully infused piano into punk rock and made it sound very natural and not forced. He mixed all that with some of his signature anthemic vocals and created one the stand out tracks not just of this record, but quite possibly his career. It is a great tune and something has to be said about somebody that can mix piano and punk and make it work so brilliantly.
And then, in a fit of further revisioning, Ezra started to separate himself from the scene he helped create and released new music with his old crack rocksteady band Morning Glory. But, the new M-Glory wasn’t the same as the old, it was defiantly Kire in every way. He found himself playing with the boundaries of punk, introducing piano and strings that backed loud and heavy anthems.
On his solo release Speakers In The Sky he brings a stripped down album. This is largely a piano album, while the later tracks do bring in some of the Morning Glory bombast, it doesn’t aim to be punk by any means. It is an album that suits any mood; if you are feeling down then put it on. If you are in an okay place and feeling more upbeat then put it on. It is great and helps with everything that life throws at you.
The track that I am going to share here is Let It Go. This is where Kire masterfully infused piano into punk rock and made it sound very natural and not forced. He mixed all that with some of his signature anthemic vocals and created one the stand out tracks not just of this record, but quite possibly his career. It is a great tune and something has to be said about somebody that can mix piano and punk and make it work so brilliantly.
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