also blogged in Ukraine http://wetchina.blogspot.com/2016/02/porches-pool.html

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The Saturday Alternative 04-02-16

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

Moses Gunn Collective are hitting the road in support of their upcoming single "Shalala" playing a string of shows along the east coast. The boys are set to release their next EP in October 2014. Enjoy.

August 6 - Frankies Pizza, Sydney
August 7 - The Lansdowne, syd w/ Greaze Arrestor, Mezko
August 9 - Rad Bar, Wollongong w/ Sherekhan, The Rider
August 15 - Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane w/ Salvadarlings, Doom Mountain

Moses Gunn Collective - Shalala

Porches ‘Hour’, taken from the new album ‘Pool’, out now.

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in my loner hour
i turn to my
twin bed for power
like a swimming a pool even alone
it gets me wet and cool
simple as the crow flies
that all i want
is an apple inside of my gray skies
in my stoner hour
o how i float
just wondering about her
in my stoner hour like a swimming pool

Hour

Porches - Hour

Taken from the album 'Pool' out now via Domino.

Buy
Dom Mart: http://smarturl.it/PorchesPoolDM
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/PorchesPoolBC
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/PorchesPoolDL

Watch the official video for "Be Apart" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhG83uHDMkI

Porches - Be Apart

UNITED CRUSHERS, out March 4, 2016 / Pre-order Now!

CD/LP: http://smarturl.it/PolicaUC_Preorder
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Polica_UC

TOUR: http://thisispolica.com/tour.php

POLIÇA - Wedding

"Until The Horror Goes" - in stores April 1, 2016 on Fat Possum Records

Pre-order: http://store.fatpossum.com/products/until-the-horror-goes

John Congleton and The Nighty Nite - Until It Goes

Quit or Die

Deluxe bundles: smarturl.it/blackmountainIV
iTunes: smarturl.it/blackmountain_it
Amazon: smarturl.it/blackmountain_amz
Rough Trade exclusive: smarturl.it/blackmountain_ind
Support your local independent record store: smarturl.it/blackmountain_ind2

Black Mountain - "Florian Saucer Attack" from the album ‘IV’, out April 1st, 2016

Florian Saucer Attack

Black Mountain - Florian Saucer Attack

Ullages

Skipping

Strange Weekend

Drifting In And Out

"Hopeless" appears on Psychic Twin's debut full-length album, Strange Diary, out 9/9/2016.

Pre-order Strange Diary:
Polyvinyl (LP/CD/DIGITAL): http://plyvnyl.co/strangediary
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/strange-diary
Bandcamp: http://plyvnyl.co/strange-diary-BC
Stream: http://Psychic.Twin.lnk.to/strange-diary

Psychic Twin - Hopeless

Watch the OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO  HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncM7UDbhle8&t=9s

Braindrain

Japanese Breakfast - “Road Head“ from Soft Sounds From Another Planet out July 14, 2017 on Dead Oceans.

Pre-order / stream: https://japanesebreakfast.lnk.to/softsounds

Japanese Breakfast - Road Head

Cigarette Kids

The 7-song EP was recorded in Brooklyn at Gary’s Electric by Al Carlson in January. 'Empty Estate will be out May 14th, on Captured Tracks in North America.

Pre-order the EP on iTunes here:  smarturl.it/qiujqc

Wild Nothing // A Dancing Shell (OFFICIAL SINGLE)

https://rolemodel-music.bandcamp.com/

"Before Then Was Now", the new album by RLMDL, is available 11 June 2013. It was written and recorded between June 2012 and March 2013 in various bedrooms and studios in Toronto and London, Ontario. 
All songs written and produced by Jordan Allen (RLMDL).

Bilingual EP

Bilingual

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Porches - Hour

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