Member Since: 4/6/2005
Band Website: illease.com
Band Members: Elizabeth Sharp
Influences:
mocket. love is all. pink mountaintops. rhythm king and her friends. drunk granny. twin. the need. 2 many djs. andrew bird. the avengers. vaselines. the blow. erase errata. paradise island. x-ray specs. stereo total. the thermals. okkervil river. wolf parade. walkmen. napoleon III. huggy bear. fiery furnaces.
japanther. ex-models. jucifer. go go go airheart. los cincos. eats tapes. tapes n tapes. shoplifting. the unicorns. unwound. sonic youth. sonic boom. spacemen 3. jesus and mary chain. my bloody valentine. fugazi. rites of spring. wierd war. nation of ulysses. shannon wright. sun kil moon. comet gain. subtitle. the kills.
the classics -- the fall. swell maps. gang of four. mission of burma. the vibrators. stiff little fingers. tommy james. tom petty. the stones. brian jones. ike and tina turner. ray charles' altantic years. can. faust. buddy holly. sun records. ace records. spivey records. robert johnson. lefty frizzell. jimmie rodgers. lucinda williams.
keith moon. cozy cole. buddy rich.
Sounds Like:
two party system, live!
dear krazy, live!
** The seething sexual undercurrent of a Velvet's record. - Comes With A Smile
** Like a moldy peach playing patty-cake with can. Bad times never seemed so good. - Spin
** A dark blend of low-fi, fuzzed out guitars, thrashy hip-hop style drums and Sharp's pleasantly off-kilter vocals... 8 out of a near perfect 10 - Alternative Press
** Addictive, rhythm-heavy compositions infused with slippery vocals and weaving guitars; when embellished with her outburts of 'yea' and 'uh-huh,' Sharp's songs achieve maximum bump and grind. - Magnet
** Filled with sly beats and overdubbed vocals, Ill Ease makes slick rock music that sexily slip and trips on itself--like a drunk friend whose word-slurring only enhances her magnetic appeal... musically catchy and lyrically intriguing - Venus