her lyricism and voice are more Lana Del Rey than Lana herself 

October 2015

Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and  fractured romances – in the three years since forming  Elephant, they've been living one.

Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed. Rivas’ stream of conscious lyricism combined with Pinchbeck’s innate melodic nous to create vignettes of delight and wonder.  A debut single followed, 2011’s woozy Ants, followed by the Assembly EP.   But before they had a chance to capitalise on the growing acclaim around them the duo’s relationship broke down, almost to the point of no return.

That seemed to be Elephant’s graveyard.  Yet an unexpected rapprochement in late 2012, and a renewed musical hunger saw Rivas and Pinchbeck reconcile.  The first fruit was this year’s gauzy single Skyscraper, which announced their return in spectacular fashion, with Rivas’ swooping vocals allied to a spectral chorus creating an eerie, lens-flared 3 minute wonder of song.

Now, new release Shapeshifter provides confirmation that Elephant are truly back as a force to be reckoned with. “I flew to the moon to mirror you and I saw the future” sings Rivas, with a raw melancholy and nostalgic longing. A sumptuous missive of love lost and lessons learned, that sparkles with charm, optimism, and the sort of lush swoonsome string arrangements that reach into your chest and wring your heart dry. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it’s a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

ELEPHANT LINKS: 
 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/elephanttheband    
Twitter – www.twitter.com/ElephantTwit  
Label -  www.memphis-industries.com


Elephant - Shapeshifter

Soft Opening is the second full-length from Seattle's Posse.

Buy / Stream it here:

MP3s: www.posseposse.bandcamp.com/

Vinyl: www.lightintheattic.net/releases/1190-soft-opening


Posse - "Shut Up"

Released on September 4th, 2015. 

Digital: smarturl.it/allyours 
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/all-yours

All Yours

All yours

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Ideas can get buried in the Blackhole of Oblivion! You need to keep up with them! No slacking!


Blackhole of Oblivion 10.3.2025

only love is all we know
and try and let go as we fall
find it all so good so wrong, we know
and try and let go as we fall

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Produced By: Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett

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KYLE - Remember Me? (w/ Chance The Rapper)

'Fading Lines' is the second single & title track from Amber Arcades forthcoming album.

For album pre-orders & track listing: http://www.heavenlyrecordings.com/records/2016/03/hvnlp126-amber-arcades-fading-lines/



Fading Lines

Grace Joyner, "Maybe Sometimes in C" 
out Friday 5/20 on Hearts & Plugs, H&P021

Pre-order on CD and Cassette here:
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Ancient Rolling Sea is the first single of Slow Club's forthcoming new album, which is out later this year. 

Tickets for the following shows: smarturl.it/SlowClubLive
24/05 – Coventry, UK - Warwick Arts Centre
25/05 - St Albans, UK - The Horn
26/05 - Poole, UK - Mr Kyps
27/05 – Southampton, UK - Hampshire Joiners Arms
28/05 – Bristol, UK - The Lantern, Colston Hall
30/05 – Hereford, UK – HowTheLightGetsIn2016: Philosophy & Music Festival
31/05 – Nottingham, UK - Bodega Social Club
01/06 - Ashford, UK - Revelation St Mary’s
02/06 - Brighton, UK -Komedia (Brighton)
03/06 – Margate, UK - Tom Thumb Theatre
16/07 - Salisbury, UK - Wiltshire Larmer Tree Festival
21/08 - Powys, Wales  - Green Man Festival


Slow Club - Ancient Rolling Sea

Caged Animals is the musical moniker for Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione and his family band.  With a long history in the borough’s DIY music scene, Cacchione emerged from his role fronting Soft Black (whose members included DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith) to form Caged Animals, alongside his sister Talya, partner Magali Charron, and childhood friend Patrick Curry.

“Wildflowers” is the first track to be shared from the band’s new album.  Built around a propulsive groove and nocturnal atmosphere, “Wildflowers” trades in the kind of noir-tinged, art-pop The New Yorker once described as a “hip-hop influenced Velvet Underground.”  

Enveloping his plain-spoken delivery in undulating synthesizers and paisley arpeggios, Cacchione uses extended metaphor to describe the power of new life.  From the song’s central image, a flower growing in an otherwise empty field, Cacchione begins:

“This is your proof of superpowers my favorite wildflower / scaling up the towers.”  His subject, a thing of great potential, “Born into a kingdom already conquered,” but getting stronger every day.  It’s no surprise to find this theme not only stems from something personal but has it’s roots in one of life’s biggest changes.

“I wrote Wildflowers a couple months after the birth of my daughter Alaska,” explains Cacchione.  “My mind was swimming with nature.  Becoming a parent made me understand something about the power of each individual.  How we transcend our humble beginnings and make our live’s meaningful.”

Distilling their unique musical vision into it’s most focused form, Caged Animals remain understated and curious on “Wildflowers.”  Their pop-forward melodicism is both well-worn and refreshing; remaining direct, soulful, and uniquely unguarded.  A full album is expected in early 2017, featuring guest appearances from Neutral Milk Hotel’s Julian Koster and avant-alto-saxophonist Chris Aiello.

Wildflowers

Tennis - My Better Self

From the upcoming album 'Something Familiar' out on March 2nd, 2018.

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https://www.facebook.com/hibouband/
https://twitter.com/hibouband/
https://hiboumichel.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hibouband/

Fall Into

Courtney Barnett's debut ep, <i>I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris</i>, is <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/ive-got-friend-called-emily/id515219054">out now</a> on Gaga Digi.  

<a href="http://www.digi.gaga.com.au">Gaga Digi</a> is an Australian digital aggregator/label. For more on what we do, check out our <a href="http://www.gaga.com.au">site</a>, follow us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gaga_music">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GagaMusic">Facebook</a>, and <a href="http://eepurl.com/Vtm-">join our mailing list</a>. For publicity enquiries, <a href="mailto:emily@gaga.com.au">get in touch with Emily</a>. 

Courtney Barnett: Lance Jr.

Jewelry designer & music curator. Lover of all creative endeavors & kittens

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