Ken Kase Releases Self-Titled EP

St. Louis, MO- Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ken Kase released a five-song EP, the eponymously-titled Ken Kase. The first collection of solo material on which Kase sings and performs nearly all the instrumentation, Ken Kase returns him to the sounds of earlier pop-rock work that was lauded for its impeccable song craft, sense of musical adventure, and high production values.

“The songs on the EP were mostly recorded ten years ago,” says Kase. “I had plans to make a solo album on which I played most of the parts, but halfway through I lost the ambition and the song ideas didn't come so easily anymore. So I started the Corpus Alienum project instead and wrote and produced three albums of instrumental music, which I found to be much more fun to do. That, and working on other albums as a singer and instrumentalist, is what I've been doing for the last decade or so. I just wanted to get these songs off my workbench."

The EP contains Kase's original compositions "Entitled", "Cambrian Explosion", "Philosophy Machine", "Quality Control", and "The Big Whatever". Two of those songs trace their roots to earlier projects, but were finished or updated with a perspective that only decades as a musician, writer, and producer offer.

"The songs hold up pretty well after years away from them. I wrote "Philosophy Machine" thirty years ago and "Quality Control" is a tune that dates from 2008. I knew I was holding on to good material, and I think my judgement on songs that didn't make the cut were spot on back then.” says Kase. “I'm better at recording, mixing and editing now than I was when I started, so I'm glad it took so long because I have the skills now to make it sound better.”

Ken Kase is now available via Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, and BandCamp.