Having cut his teeth as drummer for Halifax punks the Dean Malenkos and fronting Jon Epworth & the Improvements, one of Canada's best kept musical secrets, multi-instrumentalist Jon Epworth, is following up his 2008 solo LP, the two-part Turn Off Your Name, with Soul Mange. Warping the passionate Southern soul sound of Stax Records with flourishes of experimental rock and highly rhythmic, slightly metallic grit, the seven-song EP will be available digitally at his Bandcamp page on December 15.
Below, watch Epworth exercise his impressive chops and amazing pipes in a behind-the-scenes video for first single "Happening," depicting the current Kingston, ON resident tracking every instrument for the recording, which he also mixed and mastered.
Below, watch Epworth exercise his impressive chops and amazing pipes in a behind-the-scenes video for first single "Happening," depicting the current Kingston, ON resident tracking every instrument for the recording, which he also mixed and mastered.