Eric Kauschen’s New England Noir brings the swagger, swing, and theatrical energy of big-band rockabilly into a modern electric setting. Focus tracks “By Invitation Only (Bite Me)” and “Christmas in New England” reveal two sides of the album: one playful, sharp-edged, and mischievous; the other melodic, cinematic, and rooted in the character of New England. The complete album is clean, concise, and broadcast-ready.
Sounds Like: The swing and showmanship of The Brian Setzer Orchestra, the rockabilly drive of Stray Cats, and occasional electric-blues touches reminiscent of Stevie Ray Vaughan and B.B. King.
A swaggering, theatrical swing-rock track with punchy ensemble accents, sly humor, and a mischievous vocal performance that turns defiance into entertainment.
A melodic, cinematic holiday song that captures the warmth, nostalgia, and wintry character of Christmas in New England without slipping into seasonal cliché.
Eric Kauschen is a Northampton-based composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer whose musical journey began at age four on piano in San Francisco. Classically trained, he later immersed himself in guitar, rock, jazz, and electronic music, with early work presented at the 1986 International Electronic Music Exposition in Italy. On New England Noir, Kauschen blends big-band rockabilly, swing-infused rock, electric blues, and cinematic storytelling shaped by his San Francisco roots and his New England life.
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The song that started the album: an affectionate, high-spirited tribute to mentor Big Boy Pete, the English musician who inspired the project and gave Eric the blue Gretsch guitar now featured on its cover.
When author Becky Benton asked what her murder mystery might sound like as a song, Eric answered by writing “Cascade Shadows”—a cinematic musical adaptation that left her speechless.
A supernatural detective story set in Salem, “Warlock” follows an investigator who uses witchcraft in secret to solve cases, keeping his true methods hidden behind the polished exterior of an ordinary detective.
A swaggering, theatrical swing-rock track with punchy ensemble accents, sly humor, and a mischievous vocal performance that turns defiance into entertainment.
Inspired by George Carlin’s game of searching an airport crowd for the hidden spy, the song transforms Boston’s Logan Airport into a playful espionage mystery—where an ordinary-looking traveler may be anything but ordinary.
The devil appears not as a supernatural spectacle, but as an unremarkable man sitting quietly in a New England bar—his true nature hidden beneath the surface as a darker story unfolds around him.
A darkly comic New England winter song built around deliberately terrible advice: that snow tires somehow make drinking and driving acceptable, with tongue-in-cheek instructions revealing how absurd the idea really is.
The song reaches back to Eric’s San Francisco history, using the famously dangerous surf at Ocean Beach as the setting for a darker, more unsettled track. A markedly different vocal performance gives it its own character.
A melodic, cinematic holiday song that captures the warmth, nostalgia, and wintry character of Christmas in New England without slipping into seasonal cliché.
“Last Call” closes the album with a built-in purpose: a barroom finale designed for the moment the final drinks are poured and the night winds down, doubling as a ready-made closing-time anthem.
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