ELATRASI's debut single 'Heavy' is a cinematic toned track with vintage Arabic violins, epic percussion and anthemic vocals. It touches upon the concept that just because we seem to have it all together, it doesn't mean that we aren't struggling in silence or that what we are carrying isn't debilitating or heavy.

[Verse 1]
Here I sit within the silence 
Surrounded by uprise and tyrants 
There's a war inside yet I am so quiet 
The heavy burdens of defiance
 
[Chorus]
And just because I carry it well 
Doesn't mean it's not heavy 
And just because you wouldn't tell 
Doesn't mean I'm not already

[Verse 2]
 Here I stand a deathly silence
If pain could speak well mine would scream sirens 
You don't know but I've trained well to fight this 
For it takes only a master to hide it

[Chorus]
And just because I carry it well 
Doesn't mean it's not heavy 
And just because you wouldn't tell 
Doesn't mean I'm not already

[Doesn't mean it's not] 
[Doesn't mean I'm not] 
[Doesn't mean it's not heavy]

Heavy

Released 9th July on Learn Fear Records.
www.learnfear.com

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Written, performed and co-produced by LELO.
Produced, co-written and mixed by Mickey Dale at Cellar of Dreams studio.
Mastered by James Grover.

Super 8 footage filmed by Mickey Dale and Adrian Cousins.
Post production, editing and grading by Adrian Cousins.

Copyright 2019 the boy who left home to learn fear. 

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I feel brave when I look outside
When it’s late and nobody can hear me 
I’m a waste always compromise
A red face when there’s too many listening
I feel safe when I’m stuck inside 
When it’s late and nobody can hear me
I’m a waste always compromised
A brave face when there’s nobody listening 

Went away to try and change and now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 

It’s so hard not to hide away from all new faces 
We can’t make time so I value mine 
I feel safer in my thoughts 
My thoughts race as you say your name 
I make chase but there’s no way to catch them 
A bad start and the start is vital 
I’ll watch this back for days 

Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 
Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 

Always looking back on yourself 
When it gets hard. 
Always looking back on yourself 
When it gets hard. 

Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache 
Went away to try and change now I’m not safe socially 
I replay everything I say that lets me down 
It makes my face ache

Faceache

Release Date: 7/30

From the upcoming album Bugs (album release date 7/31/21)

Bugs - Single

It’s been four years since we last heard from Tigercats, with the 2018 album Pig City marking the expansion of their sonic palette from indie-pop and alt-rock, to include highlife, afrobeat, and scuzzy West African psych.

The New Works EP is another step into the new for Tigercats, the sound of an increasingly political band, unbound by the records they’ve made previously, and enjoying the freedom of exploring and experimenting for these 5 new tracks.

“We’ve been a band over 10 years and it felt like all of our previous recordings have been leading up to this one. After Duncan switched from guitar to kalimba a few years back, and we welcomed a horn section into the line-up, the sound has been getting denser and grittier, particularly live. With this recording we’ve finally managed to capture some of that energy on record.”

The opening track New Work, a song about the relentless tyranny of labour in the 21st century, grows from the synth bass riffs and riotous brass lines with production inspired by industrial techno like JK Flesh, to display lyrical ferocity not often heard.
The Space came together completely improvised in the studio, and reflects on the fight for space to create art - in a world fighting for your attention 24-7, and the depletion of available arts spaces.
The intensity subsides for The Picture, a track whose origins date back to the writing of the band’s second record. More reminiscent of Tigercats’ indie credentials, drawing on the textures of Low or Yo La Tengo, it is developed here by a band confidently hitting their stride.

New Works was written in 2019 and recorded at Lightship 95 on the Thames, and at Big Jelly in Ramsgate. Originally scheduled for a spring 2020 release, we’re excited to finally bring you these 5 tracks and the promise of a return to blistering live shows from Tigercats.

Tigercats are a kalimba-led psychedelic pop band from East London.
Having honed his songwriting craft in the short-lived but much much-missed Esiotrot, in 2010, Duncan Barrett went about forming a new band and recruited sibling/long-time producer Giles Barrett (bass), talented songstress Laura Kovic (keys), as well as Paul Rains (guitar, of Allo Darlin’).

The band have performed throughout the UK and Europe and have supported The Wave Pictures, Allo Darlin and Darren Hayman among others. They have also performed at the End of the Road and Primavera Festivals and have appeared on Spanish TV (RTVE Radio3) and Indietracks. A tour of the USA and Canada included a headline appearance at NYC Popfest.

New Works harks a return to Fika Recordings, having released the debut Tigercats album Isle of Dogs back in 2012, bookending albums with Fortuna Pop! (2014’s Mysteries) and El Segell Del Primavera (2018’s Pig City).

Tigercats are:
Duncan Barrett - Vocals, Kalimba
Giles Barrett - Bass, Production
Laura Kovic - Keys, Vocals
Paul Rains - Guitar, Vocals
Will  Connor - Drums, percussion
Seb Silas - Baritone saxophone
Meridyth Dickson - Alto saxophone
Thom Punton - Trumpet

New Works

Doxxed & Loaded

Tigercats - Doxxed & Loaded

Congratulations

Summer of '99

2016 - 2018

What if You

New songs of grace and love unfold,
In Jesus, source of all, foretold.

He showed us who is God

Acid & Rain

This song is about finding direction in another person.
About losing your footing, carrying old weight, and suddenly realizing that you don’t need the whole world…just someone who sees you and stays.

It’s written from the space between falling and getting back up. Between past echoes that still linger, and the quiet power of being pulled into the present by someone who changes the way the moment feels. Not by fixing everything, but by making it bearable. Real.

At its core, this is a song about vulnerability. About admitting you don’t have to be everything… you just have to be someone to the one who matters. About choosing connection over control, and letting that be enough.

For anyone who’s been lost in the fall, and found their reason to hold on.

- NOE

NEVER NEEDED THE WORLD

Award-winning cinematic songwriter, self-taught pianist, vocalist and composer ELATRASI returns with electrifying power and raw emotion as she reveals her latest single ‘Lighthouse’.

Inspired by her North African-Arab heritage and childhood inspired by motion pictures, ELATRASI mixes her love of composition and storytelling with her deep cinematic vocals. 

Since her debut release ‘Heavy’ in 2021 she has garnered the attention of major music publications from the likes of Noctis, EARMILK and CLOUT, celebrated as ‘One To Watch’ from BBC Introducing and received international recognition as an award-winning songwriter.

The past year has seen ELATRASI develop her creative practice with industry support from Youth Music, Help Musicians, The Ivors Academy, Wigmore Hall and Abbey Roads Studios, as well as performing the National Anthem for the Moroccan Embassy. 

Her journey as an artist has been unconventional, with her release of Lighthouse marking two years since a life-changing and delayed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD. Time in self-reflection and songwriting has helped her to give herself permission to process, grieve and re-discover her identity as a neurodivergent woman. Continuing on her path she wants to embrace the world and inspire a challenge - ‘sail against the tide and find peace within the storm.’

“There’s certainly a uniqueness to the artists sound that you’re unlikely to hear anywhere else” – NOCTIS MAGAZINE

“It doesn’t take much for ELATRASI to create a masterpiece” – EARMILKLK

Heavy

ELATRASI

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