Pedro released his debut album four years ago, and it got the attention of Mush Records. The label wanted to reissue it, but Pedro felt like giving his original album a few boosts, and people got into his twisted decoupage of sounds. Pedro, a/k/a James Rutledge, offers up something new, creative, and exciting with You, Me & Everyone. Let's just say that if The Avalanches had slowed down to create four minute sample-happy pop ditties, it would come close to what Pedro is doing on this album.What does he do? He creates audio landscapes that should exist, whether it's walking through fields of concrete layered with Gummi Bears, or walking backwards with a funky strut while bodyguards who look like Borat are doing push-ups for their wives/sisters. It sounds like nonsense, and in a way some of the sounds ARE nonsense, but he puts them together in a way that helps bridge all of it together. "Lung" begins with a saxophone solo played in an empty room before a bit of guitar, a drum solo from perhaps a vinyl source, and drums enter the mix, and you're uncertain whether to dance, get serious in a jazz manner, or let loose and get psychedelic. It reminds me of Beck during his Stereopathetic Soulmanure phase, but without mentions of burrito trucks and Henry Rollins impersonations. The Beck comparison is due to the unknown source of sounds that could have easily come from a cassette abandoned on a highway, or something from his own collection, layered with his own passion to create and combine sounds. It goes everywhere, and why not hop along for the ride to find out where he'll take you. - Music for America