Equipment Pointed Ankh is a truly bizarre collective. While the profile of Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band has risen precipitously over the last few years, the same gang of adventurers has continued to make strange, colorful, mostly instrumental music as Equipment Pointed Ankh behind the scenes — of which Eggs a Little Late is the latest taste. It sounds as though this fresh batch of music has been influenced by the collective’s recent recording and touring experiences as The Roadhouse Band, stirring in more honky-tonk, country-rock influences, and it’s certainly more accessible than their last couple of efforts, 2023’s excellent From Inside the House and Downtown!
The clearest throughline from past EPA recordings is the two spoken-word pieces,…