Feature by Sarah Spohn
With a band name like EL West, it’s only right that brothers Bryant and Ricky Powell took the path less traveled, veered left alongside fellow musicians Thomas Brenneman and Marty Welker and formed the Phoenix alternative rock band.
Like their name suggests, the sounds of this foursome are anything but straight and narrow. Influenced by indie mainstays like Radiohead and Broken Social Scene, EL West creates a mosaic of exhilarating, introspective soundscapes. The alternative rock group’s main vocals come from hard-to-pin frontman Bryant.
After first listen, ...