Washed Out - New Theory (RAC Mix)

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

NZCA LINES release their new single on the Moshi Moshi Singles Club on 8th December on limited edition 7" vinyl and download (http://smarturl.it/NZCANewAtmos) 

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NZCA LINES - New Atmosphere

Gods and Stars

Released: 25 April 2012

Buy digital copy: http://summerheart.bandcamp.com/album/about-a-feeling

I Wanna Go

Blackbird Blackbird - All 
Available on iTunes: http://bit.ly/ReWZI2 
Available on Beatport: http://btprt.dj/QvXNIG

Blackbird Blackbird shows off his pop sensibilities in "All", thick with echoing guitar plucks and soothing, lightly-treated vocals. Chiming synths and fluttering clicks splash color on top of a melancholic tone. Clean four-to-the-floor beats and a lovely synth lead dissipate into dreamlike samples of incomprehensible speech and smooth, lapping waves. Distal remixes Blackbird Blackbirdʼs "Keep It Up" into a dark, barreling techno track. Blackbirdʼs crooning vocals stab into the rolling kick drum, complete with frenetic bubbling effects. The beat is broken up with touches of two-step futurism and at the very end, a playful flute appears to brighten the fade out.

http://www.facebook.com/BlackbirdBlackbirdSF 
http://twitter.com/blckbrdblckbrd

http://www.lavish-habits.com 
http://www.facebook.com/lavishhabitsmusic 
http://www.twitter.com/MrLavishHabits

Released by: Lavish Habits 
Release/catalogue number: LH-009 
Release date: Sep 25, 2012 

Washed Out - New Theory (RAC Mix)

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