Elvis Eno: I'll See Myself Out

NYC based musician John Dunbar is a huge fan of The Juliet Letters, an album by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, so he donned the alias Elvis Eno for a bunch of songs about women that were inspired by this song cycle, with The Fragment Quartet supplying the strings.

I'll See Myself Out is a series of short stories set to music - A Lady Of An Uncertain Age , An Assertive Girl - who crossed his path. Some of these meetings were rather nice, others not so much. I Found Out Who She Voted For gets off at a good start - she likes Roger Glover and The Saint with Roger Moore - but it all falls apart when politics become part of the equation. More bad news when things become quite awkward in Silence Is The Truest Expression Of Feelings and The Cards To The Chest Man, the latter written from the woman's perspective.

Dunbar is a keen observer and sharp-witted lyricist. He only played drums on the album, enabling him to focus on his vocals, with the quartet having his back to enhance the various emotions. Costello fans as a rule don't think highly about The Juliet Letters, which is rather short-sighed. When they stumble upon this tribute of sorts, they might reconsider their opinion. And if not, they can enjoy it as such.

I'll See Myself Out is a self-released album. Buy it from his website.

Tracks:

1. My Thing Isn't My Thing Anymore
2. A Lady Of An Uncertain Age
3. An Assertive Girl
4. Not A Terrible Idea
5. I Found Out Who She Voted For
6. Silence Is The Truest Expression Of Feelings
7. The Humdrum Norm
8. When The One You Live For Leaves
9. The Cards To The Chest Man
10. I'll See Myself Out

» johndunbar.bandcamp.com