The massive art rock / post punk grandeur of "Hollow Heart", by Bay Area project Everything But The Everything, feels like a mystery within a mystery. Artistically, tonally the soundscape draws you into something that feels like a story that could very well take place during the pivotal indie renaissance of the early 80's but also from some future place, the sonic sweep is that wide. I am loving the airiness displayed that pushes an almost kind of Lynchian mood (I mean just immerse yourself into the musical descent from 3:20 to around 4 minutes that feels like a full on brain melt, a gorgeous artful one) and what comes before is magnetic as well. The song opens with a piercing guitar sustain as a bold, songwriter / producer Izzy The Gent's brazen boomy bass holds sway supported with heavy tom tom punctuations, this all for a framework for a powerful duet of sorts. YOU don't hear a lot of powerhouse voices nowadays but here you here both. Sophia Prise has pipes galore and a storytelling vocal countenance that holds you in her hands, like an amalgam of luminaries like Annie Lennox / Johnette Napolitano /Alison Moyet and contemporary singers like Florence Welch / Madeleine Mathews. Her male counterpart, Tobias Hawkins stuns as well as a spotlight singer (one you have to flood light upon) like an blend of singers like Mickey Thomas from Jefferson Starship, Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Midge Ure (Ultravox) and M. Shadows (Matthew Charles Sanders). The result of such a dreamy musical bed and grand sonic belters feels so fucking cinematic, in truly unique ways.
Release Date: July 10, 2026
Genre: Alternative / Indie / Post-Punk
Vocals: Sophia Prise and Tobias Hawkins
Guitars: Andy Lund and Ian Dowed
Bass: Izzy The Gent
Drums: Cody Rhodes
Producer: Rex Shelverton
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
Bay Area music veteran Izzy The Gent has been producing alternative new wave post punk from East Oakland. His current project Everything But The Everything started as a one-man project, transformed into a studio collaborative, and finally a full-fledged band. Band Members: Everything But The Everything longtime collaborators, vocalists Sophia Prise and Tobias Hawkins front the band. Ian Dowd (Fire In The Hamptons), Andrew Lund (Thought Leaders, Foreign Made, Lower Forty-Eight) lay down guitars and drummer Chad Roxxit (The Hot Takes, Chad and Scott) have all joined forces with Izzy, writing / playing live. In the studio: Landon Cisneros (Spirit Mother, Zodiac Death Valley) has held the helm on drums. Moog magician extraordinaire, Andrew Gomez (NRVS LVRS) has also been in EBTE's corner. All material has been recorded with studio producer Rex Shelverton (Bellavista, VUE). ____ After years of promoting house music events, Izzy found his niche promoting rock shows at beloved San Francisco venues like Slims, The Great American Music Hall, The Rickshaw Stop and The Red Devil Lounge. Izzy has played bass guitar with San Francisco bands The Cons, Song of the Siren, The Party Fouls, Fake Your Own Death, Sporting Life but found his home with the indie electro outfit, The Frail. After playing with The Frail from 2010 - Nov. 2014, Izzy took a three-year break from music. A random visit to Oakland's Legionnaire all instrument hip-hop open mic inspired his return to music.
Everything But The Everything, songwriter / producer / bassist Izzy The Gent, Oakland Ca, indie rock, new wave, post punk, darkwave, 80's / 90's, "Hollow Heart" (Official Video), singers Sophia Prise, Tobias Hawkins,
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[Bay Area music veteran Izzy The Gent has been producing alternative new wave post punk from East Oakland. His current project Everything But The Everything started as a one-man project, transformed into a studio collaborative, and finally a full-fledged band. Band Members: Everything But The Everything longtime collaborators, vocalists Sophia Prise and Tobias Hawkins front the band. Ian Dowd (Fire In The Hamptons), Andrew Lund (Thought Leaders, Foreign Made, Lower Forty-Eight) lay down guitars and drummer Chad Roxxit (The Hot Takes, Chad and Scott) have all joined forces with Izzy, writing / playing live. In the studio: Landon Cisneros (Spirit Mother, Zodiac Death Valley) has held the helm on drums. Moog magician extraordinaire, Andrew Gomez (NRVS LVRS) has also been in EBTE's corner. All material has been recorded with studio producer Rex Shelverton (Bellavista, VUE).]
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
Bay Area music veteran Izzy The Gent has been producing alternative new wave post punk from East Oakland. His current project Everything But The Everything started as a one-man project, transformed into a studio collaborative, and finally a full-fledged band. Band Members: Everything But The Everything longtime collaborators, vocalists Sophia Prise and Tobias Hawkins front the band. Ian Dowd (Fire In The Hamptons), Andrew Lund (Thought Leaders, Foreign Made, Lower Forty-Eight) lay down guitars and drummer Chad Roxxit (The Hot Takes, Chad and Scott) have all joined forces with Izzy, writing / playing live. In the studio: Landon Cisneros (Spirit Mother, Zodiac Death Valley) has held the helm on drums. Moog magician extraordinaire, Andrew Gomez (NRVS LVRS) has also been in EBTE's corner. All material has been recorded with studio producer Rex Shelverton (Bellavista, VUE). ____ After years of promoting house music events, Izzy found his niche promoting rock shows at beloved San Francisco venues like Slims, The Great American Music Hall, The Rickshaw Stop and The Red Devil Lounge. Izzy has played bass guitar with San Francisco bands The Cons, Song of the Siren, The Party Fouls, Fake Your Own Death, Sporting Life but found his home with the indie electro outfit, The Frail. After playing with The Frail from 2010 - Nov. 2014, Izzy took a three-year break from music. A random visit to Oakland's Legionnaire all instrument hip-hop open mic inspired his return to music.
Everything But The Everything, songwriter / producer / bassist Izzy The Gent, Oakland Ca, indie rock, new wave, post punk, darkwave, 80's / 90's, "Hollow Heart" (Official Video), singers Sophia Prise, Tobias Hawkins,
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