{"id":1233,"date":"2021-10-14T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/10\/14\/hearing-aide-exit-atlas-the-unknown\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:30:00","slug":"hearing-aide-exit-atlas-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/10\/14\/hearing-aide-exit-atlas-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aide: Exit Atlas “The Unknown”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The highly creative collaboration from Paul McArdle and Zack Brinn has welcomed a refreshing form of new alternative rock music to New York State. The duo operate as Exit Atlas<\/a> just releasing their new record The Unknown<\/em>. The writing, production, and instrumentation for the album were composed in the state and sent to Nashville for finishing touches. The two Canandaigua natives have been collaborating for twenty years. This project came to life in the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul McArdle has spent this time as a guitarist on the Nectars stage circuit scene of the Northeast and Austin, Texas. When Dopapod<\/a> guitarist Rob Compa formed his solo project, he told NYS Music<\/a> \u201cWithout exaggeration, Paul is one of my favorite guitar players ever, and a huge influence for me, so I\u2019ve always wanted to put something together with him\u201d Paul sat in with Dopapod<\/a> for a killing cover of the Derek Trucks tune \u201cKickin Bach\u201d<\/a> at a special leap year show dated 2\/29\/20 at the sold out Anthology venue in Rochester, NY. Monroe County\u2019s Steve Gadd told NYS Music <\/a>the secret of any great gig: \u201cIf you can trust the audience is hearing it the way you are, it gets to a spiritual level. In Japan or wherever you are. That’s the goal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dopapod, Paul McArdle, 2\/29\/20<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s signature tone can be heard on acoustic and electric guitar for every track as part of Exit Atlas<\/a>. It\u2019s no wonder that Zack Brinn who wrote all the lyrics and handles vocals for The Unknown<\/em> wanted to weave them with McArdle’s musical style. Zack also takes care of the bass lines, drums, keyboards, programming and synthesizers. Brinn sprinkled some Brian Eno<\/a>-like ambient sound trails on certain numbers as well.

Zack’s vocal tones are reminiscent of Peter Gabriel from inside the studio. His lyrics on \u201cAnnual\u201d also set a familiar vibe, “The autumn sun it falls behind hills and we can watch it go down from here, we are safe, we are home.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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