"Love and Barbiturates" Vinyl Record — The E.Normus Trio

Challenging yet warm and inviting, E.Normus Trio’s "Love and Barbiturates" brings together the best of jazz and rock sensibilities, creating something exciting in the process. ~ Musoscribe Wonderfully progressive in style, complete with off-the-wall arrangements, unexpected and startling effects and a completely unrestricted attitude, the three members of E Normus Trio have created an album of astounding creativity and substance. ~ Bold Life Born of a weekly Sunday jam session at the now-closed Joli Rouge in Asheville, North Carolina, the E. Normus Trio has been a project of Jay Sanders and Steve Alford since 2007. At the heart of the huge sound generated by the group is Sanders’ use of the N/S Stick, an 8-string multi-mode instrument that covers the ranges of both a bass and a guitar, and creates the ability to take on what would normally be coverd by a bassist and a guitar player. This nucleus paired with Alford’s vocalized and primal lead voice, six octaves of sweeping clarinet rang