Austin Sound

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Artist: All Hail
Label: None
Genre: Indie Rock

Considering that the band is coming off an Austin Sound-approved EP in Every Wealth you would think that they would take a moment to leisurely stroll around feeling somewhat moderately good about themselves. But, instead they’ve decided to keep the momentum going with another EP titled The Caldwell Sessions, and then a full length later in the fall. Nothing wrong with being both talented and ambitious, I guess.

Music credentials in Austin are like ambulance sirens: they precede the band by miles, and generally ring hollow in one’s ears long after the original noise source has vanished into obscurity. With this in mind, one couldn’t help but be suspicious when news arrived that Erik Wofford (Explosions in the Sky/ Voxtrot) and Jim Eno (Spoon) agreed to produce Austin group All Hail’s new EP. Both of these men hold a special place in Austin’s collective indie mythology, but one wonders if their names overshadow the band’s own talent as a selling device. Luckily for the band, a single listen-through of the latest EP, Every Wealth, assuages these fears - those portentous sirens are nowhere to be found.