Costa Rican indie rock band The All Black Cast’s third EP, Bulk, features the electrifying track, “New Cah!”
The band says the track is heavily influenced by artists such as Gary Numan, T. Rex, and The Cars, specifically. It’s also not far off as we can hear some of those influences.
The band, founded in 2003, draws not just from 80s artists but also 90s indie/noise bands like The Jesus Lizard. The single is about the “confusing, contradictory, and hyper-partisan current political climate” of our times.
On vocals, guitar, and songwriting is veteran Hernan Tasies, who has 25 years of playing in bands and later as solo artists, James Catholic.
The bulk of Tasies’ work happened during his years spent in Houston and New York City and has continued in his native Costa Rica. Carter, a guitarist turned bassist (for the ABC), drives the recording and engineering of the band.
Toronto born, turned Tico (Costa Rican), Carter spent years in Toronto music, with his own projects, Faceplant and Spoutbec, and also doing session work. Pablo Montero was the last to join the band, a hard-hitting drummer who has a special devotion to Deus and The Cure.
