"Life In Outer Space" is a cosmic love story in which life and love are safer in space than on earth.

Written by Phil Danyew and Hannah Leder
Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Mark Pontius
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Life In Outer Space (lyrics)

She took me to the park
The one next to the flower shop
People dress the same
You make it feel ok
She puts me on the train
She’s dancing in the dining car
The chaos in your brain
I knew you were special

Lately lately
Baby baby
Takes me takes me
Wherever she wants
I know always
I know nothing
I’ll be I’ll be
Wherever you are

She turned on the news
They say it’s a catastrophe
We’ll be under water
Too bad for our daughters
She took me by the hand
Got us on a satellite
It’s life in outer space
I knew you were special

Chorus

We’ll land safely
Someday maybe
Drifting deeper
Into the dark
To a random planet
Like she planned it
Safe from humans
Where we can suvive

Lately lately
Baby baby
Takes me takes me
Wherever she wants
I know always
I know one thing
I’ll be I’ll be 
Wherever you are

Life In Outer Space

𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝑒𝓍𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔

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Elephant Castle - the retro-inspired indie rock project from Los Angeles-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Danyew, formed in late 2019. The first single, “Cool To Be Unhappy,” was released on March 27, 2020 with warm welcome. A fresh take on the break-up ballad, Rolling Stone called the track a "roll-around-in-your-underwear-while-the-sun-seeps-through-the-window song.”

Elephant Castle released four subsequent singles with enthusiastic buzz, and is now back for their first release of 2021. Swirling with frenetic energy against a backdrop of lofty vocals and hypnotic organ, “In Circles” tackles the ordinary yet complex struggle to embrace who you really are. 

Raised in Oceanside, CA, Danyew has been writing and recording music since age 12 after stealing his father’s tape recorder. Growing up listening to 50s and 60s oldies, Elephant Castle is a response to these early influences combined with a love for vintage synths, layered vocals, the dreamy sounds of tape saturation and analog gear.

Danyew spent six years as a touring member of the band Foster the People. He left at the beginning of 2020 to pursue his own music.