E, the trio of Thalia Zedek (Come), Jason Sanford (Neptune) and Gavin McCarthy (Karate) have crafted an album that fuses an explosive, industrial sound with the patience and reservation only practiced songwriters can invoke. While each member has decades of experience in the alternative scenes of rock music, their collaborative efforts have combined in a work that is both unlike anything that’s come before them, and the result of three veterans working in total harmony.

What sets E apart from their contemporaries is their almost youthful willingness to experiment, while having the maturity to show restraint and austerity. On their selftitled debut album, E have developed a sound that is both mechanically oriented and emotional, a combination they could only describe as “soul music for machines.”

Zedek (whose Thalia Zedek Band released ‘Eve’ this year to critical acclaim) and Sanford first began working together in 2013 out of a desire to dive into a musical outlet more collaborative than their more solo-oriented efforts. Drawn by mutual respect for one another’s artistry, the two were energized creatively when exploring the combination of Zedek’s unmistakable voice and inventive guitar lines with Sanford’s sculptural homemade metal guitar sounds and stomp box rhythms. Zedek and Sanford approached longtime friend Gavin McCarthy about expanding on the unique sounds. ? Vinyl version pressed on virgin vinyl with artworked inner sleeve and free digital download card.

E will be touring extensively throughout the US and Europe to coincide with this release starting in the US in October running through into 2017.

What the press say about E’s members and their bands: “Karate’s first official live album – a recording of the band’s 595th show, performed in Leuven, Belgium – shows how far they evolved as musicians during their decade-long run” – Pitchfork

“[Zedek]’s making perhaps the most spellbinding, crystal clear statements of her entire career” – Neil Kulkarni ? “‘Eve’ might just be her strongest yet, bold in its subtlety and intimacy, with Zedek’s writing bittersweet and observational, sourcing new joy from the deep well of sadness and resolve that is the blues.” – Uncut (9/10)

“‘A quitter just gets what he deserves,’ she growls on ‘Try Again’, against the gnarled ebb and flow of an electric guitar, a piercingly scraped viola and the resolute march of a drumbeat. ‘Eve’ is a tribute to uncompromising artistic survival” – Financial Times

“The Uzi / Live Skull / Come veteran conveys the therapeutic power of bleak yet lovey music.” – Mojo (4/5)

“Ultimately, one for those moody, chain-smoking nights in on your Jack Jones, where only the intimate anguish of a deft alt-noisenik-turned-twisted balladeer will do.” – Q