Following the success of his debut album, A Step Away From Comfort, Steve Cuch set out to write a new batch of songs which would serve as the pre-cursor to his next full length, due out early next year on Barcode Records. Locking himself into a room, armed with nothing but his acoustic guitar, a pencil and a pad of paper, Steve spent the better part of two months isolated from the world, hashing away at what would eventually become The Acoustic EP.

Returning to Easter Island Studios to work with long-time producer and engineer Billy Bruhmuller, Steve spent four days and nights in March of 2005 recording the EP. Doing away with fancy studio tricks and glossy production, the music on The Acoustic EP is intimate and pure, most accurately capturing the intensity of a live performance.

Although sparse in instrumentation, the seven songs written for The Acoustic EP are brutally honest and heartfelt, relying solely on unadulterated emotion. Accompanied only by an elegantly strummed guitar and a soul-soaked harmonica, Steve draws inspiration from the people and places around him, finding beauty in the ordinary and singing every word as though it were his last.

At just 23 years old, Steve is already an accomplished performer in his own right, having shared the stage with Winnipeg singer-songwriter Greg Macpherson and Halifax rockers, Sloan. But that's not to say it ends there, as Steve is already hard at work in support of his latest endeavour. Only time will tell what the coming months have in store for this up-and-coming musician, but we're betting it'll be good!

The Acoustic EP hits close to home on May 3rd, 2005.

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