Ill Ease

There is a lot to cover here. So, to begin, just getting a post up as a bit of a placeholder. Ill Ease was, and possibly still is, the recording project of Elizabeth Sharp, known to most people as just Sharp.

Sharp was originally a member of the western Massachusetts band New Radiant Storm King. We met in Brooklyn sometime around 1998 and worked on a recording together for New Granada/Garuda. At the time I believe she was playing in a band called Skinner Pilot. She also wrote and self recorded her first solo record around this time, Live at the Gate.

It’s foggy when I first stated playing with Ill Ease. We toured together, I believe in 2000, playing songs from both Garuda and Ill Ease. I recall that we made it out to Detroit and back.

By 2002, I had become Sharp’s bassist and touring with various lineups of the band. We toured Europe multiple times between 2002 & 2004. Played at the WFMU record fair and made a guest apperance on the Scott Williams’ show, which can be heard here: wfmu.org/playlists/shows/12575.

Around this time, with support from our label Too Pure, we had the privilege of opening up for The Fall.

Here is a favorite track from a 2002 recording session in England, macon.

and, of course, the anthemic backstabbers.