Bay Area music veteran Izzy The Gent has come a long way from playing at his Monterey middle school talent show (performing „Scrape Me“ their PG version of Nirvana’s „Rape Me“) to producing alternative new wave post punk out of East Oakland. 

His current project Everything But The Everything has gone from a one man band to a collaborative. Top tier collaborations from guest vocalists keep the music fresh and the contributions from Moog specialist Andrew Gomez (NRVS LVRS) and drummer Landon Cisneros (Spirit Mother, Zodiac Death Valley) elevate the music’s simple propensities. All of the music is recorded and mixed by studio producer Rex Shelverton (Bella Vista, Vue) who gives the project its unique sound.

His latest release features singer/songwriter/producer Sophia Prise. Sophia and Izzy have recorded two prior singles „Just“ and „The Story“. This is their third collaboration and we have to say: „WOW, what a Post Punk/Dark Wave banger!“

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Izzy: I’ve been trying to give the songs to the singers at an earlier stage. While I may have thought I was good at choosing songs for the vocalist, on the last go around I had to swap tracks for two of the singers so I guess I got lucky the first couple of times and it’s really the song that chooses. Sophia dug the bassline that became „Never Said“ and once I got the guitar figured out, it came together quickly. That guitar line did take me a while though.

Izzy: Sophia is great to work with. Super easy going and with her experience her input makes the music better. What’s been really great now that we’re playing shows, Sophia and Tobias Hawkins (who sings on Denials, Can’t Allow) have been singing backup vocals for one another and become good friends. The band hanging out after rehearsals is kind of an extension of rehearsals where we talk about music and direction for our project.

Our drummer Chad Roxxit who primarily plays with The Hot Takes has been holding it down for us.  My friend from high school Ian Dowd who’s also a lifelong musician is taken on guitar duties. Recently however, we added a very talented lead guitarist with Capitan Walas who fit right in. 

Izzy: It’s Violator for me. I love the synth work on the album and how they use Sparingly use distorted guitars, making them really pop. The single „Precious“ is my favorite song of theirs and the one that plays in my mind a lot.