Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Sunday, May 6th: *** Old Time Machine started as the art-show contribution of a bluesman and a bedroom-musician. The duo works to blend Ryan McNally’s studies of finger style traditional blues with Kyle Cashen’s experience crafting ethereal soundscapes to create familiar but distinctly original music. Their work started when Ryan put forward a handful of songs departing from his solo writing. Kyle eagerly filled spaces with reverb- soaked vocals and backbeats. With a handful of songs and a mountain of stringed instruments, analog machines and effects, drums, and mics, between them, McNally and Cashen began combining traditional sounding folk structures with ghostly harmonies and vintage electronics. The band strikes a balance between references to the early days of pop and rock mu... more...