All In Time

when they crafted the 'all in time' ep, all four members of pela lived in the not-so-fashionable waterfront neighbourhood of red hook, the setting of hubert selby jr's 'last exit to brooklyn', and home to many artists, dock workers, cranes, and shipping containers. the sketchy romanticism of the neighbourhood was but one of the inspirations for these desperate songs about addiction, isolation, hope, murder, sex, and mexico. in spite of the dark subject matter the songs are quite catchy and have led one writer to opine that pela's music recalls what might happen if modest mouse hitched a ride on u2's wide-horizon rock 'n' roll tour bus. in 2010, pela singer / songwriter billy mccarthy and bassist eric sanderson formed we are augustines with drummer rob allen.