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Here We Go Magic - Everything's Big

By day, Elephant Micah’s Joseph O'Connell works as a folklorist, documenting the local culture of southern Indiana and other Midwest regions. Not surprisingly, his songs seem to emerge from habits of travel and observation. Their account of the phenomenal world is as vivid as it is mysterious, equal parts ethnographic fact and fable.

For the past 14 years, O'Connell has quietly self-released his work on CD-R and limited LP, sometimes collaborating with the psych-folk imprint Time-Lag Records or other very small labels. Despite the project’s almost secretive status, Elephant Micah has repeatedly caught the attention of NPR, and has been championed by an impressive cohort of like-minded artists, including Jason Molina, Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Hiss Golden Messenger, and Dark Dark Dark.

Over time, O’Connell’s songwriting has grown in confidence and intensity, while maintaining its signature restraint. Where in Our Woods, the 12th Elephant Micah album and the first for Western Vinyl, is the fruit of this long-term creative progress. It will see release on January 20th, 2015. 

A painstaking work of minimalism, Where in Our Woods is defined by its limited palette. The arrangements foreground nylon-string guitar and an antique portable pump organ. A stripped down-drum set (played by Matthew O’Connell, Joe’s brother), a baritone ukulele, a toy recorder, and harmony vocals (sung by Will Oldham, a friend of and key influence on O’Connell) round out the sound. This sparse ensemble leaves O’Connell’s voice room to breathe, while elevating and magnifying the poetry of his songs. Throughout the album, O'Connell deftly transforms the stuff of everyday American life into a series of entrancing meditations on culture, nature, religion, and modernity.

ELEPHANT MICAH TOUR DATES

Sat. Dec. 6 – Raleigh, NC @ King’s w/ Centro-Matic
Sun. Dec. 7 – Washington, DC @ DC9 w/ Centro-Matic
Tue. Dec. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle w/ Centro-Matic
Thu. Dec. 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade w/ Centro-Matic

"This record might be his best yet. Beautiful and haunting. "
- Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers). 

"...unavoidable and real…these songs have a way of bringing one back down to earth and re-revealing what's always been there, what's old to be discovered, revisited, embraced."
– Angel Olsen

LP/CD PRE-ORDER: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/

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Elephant Micah - "By the Canal"

By day, Elephant Micah’s Joseph O'Connell works as a folklorist, documenting the local culture of southern Indiana and other Midwest regions. Not surprisingly, his songs seem to emerge from habits of travel and observation. Their account of the phenomenal world is as vivid as it is mysterious, equal parts ethnographic fact and fable.

For the past 14 years, O'Connell has quietly self-released his work on CD-R and limited LP, sometimes collaborating with the psych-folk imprint Time-Lag Records or other very small labels. Despite the project’s almost secretive status, Elephant Micah has repeatedly caught the attention of NPR, and has been championed by an impressive cohort of like-minded artists, including Jason Molina, Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Hiss Golden Messenger, and Dark Dark Dark.

Over time, O’Connell’s songwriting has grown in confidence and intensity, while maintaining its signature restraint. Where in Our Woods, the 12th Elephant Micah album and the first for Western Vinyl, is the fruit of this long-term creative progress. It will see release on January 20th, 2015.

A painstaking work of minimalism, Where in Our Woods is defined by its limited palette. The arrangements foreground nylon-string guitar and an antique portable pump organ. A stripped down-drum set (played by Matthew O’Connell, Joe’s brother), a baritone ukulele, a toy recorder, and harmony vocals (sung by Will Oldham, a friend of and key influence on O’Connell) round out the sound. This sparse ensemble leaves O’Connell’s voice room to breathe, while elevating and magnifying the poetry of his songs. Throughout the album, O'Connell deftly transforms the stuff of everyday American life into a series of entrancing meditations on culture, nature, religion, and modernity.

ELEPHANT MICAH TOUR DATES

Sat. Dec. 6 – Raleigh, NC @ King’s w/ Centro-Matic
Sun. Dec. 7 – Washington, DC @ DC9 w/ Centro-Matic
Tue. Dec. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle w/ Centro-Matic
Thu. Dec. 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade w/ Centro-Matic

"This record might be his best yet. Beautiful and haunting. "
- Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers).

"...unavoidable and real…these songs have a way of bringing one back down to earth and re-revealing what's always been there, what's old to be discovered, revisited, embraced."
– Angel Olsen

LP/CD PRE-ORDER: westernvinyl.com/shop/

Elephant Micah - Slow Time Vultures

The opening track from Erykah Badu's album, "New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh." Reconfigured, re-arranged, and with an added second verse, this unique version features Big Beat, a 19 piece big band based out of New Jersey.

20 Feet Tall by Erykah Badu, arranged by Caleb Rumley. Feat. Allison McKenzie.

Recorded this little gem when I was recovering from a NASTY cold. Hope it brings some light to your holiday season!

AJ It's Cold Outside

Afternoon

We've had 8 fantastic artists come through for an "IAtv Session" to start 2012 and are so happy to have worked with all of them. Let's see what the rest of 2012 brings. Happy listening! 

Mirror Lady - "For Good"

The Winter Sounds - "Devils"

Long Faces is an American indie rock band originally formed in Northern New Jersey by songwriters Matthew Condon and Michael Neglia in 2013. The band’s lineup also features guitarist Andrew Milea and bassist Lou Panico. The members have over 30 years of cumulative experience that includes both national and international tours, and festival appearances at SXSW, CMJ, The Vans Warped Tour and the Soundwave Festival in Australia. Recent accolades include a feature on The Huffington Post's curated CMJ playlist, and being named The Deli Magazine's NYC Artist of the month for October 2014.

Long Faces is a seamless blend of poetic, engaging lyrics, memorable melodies and clever arrangements, all bound together by a spirited Rock & Roll foundation similar to The Strokes, Young the Giant, and Wilco. Their music balances limitless passion and musical precision to provide a thoughtful twist on life, love and contemporary culture.

Long Faces has recently completed the production of their debut full-length release entitled “Old Friends”. The album was a crowd funded DIY project, written and recorded by the band in a garage-turned-studio space. “Old Friends” was mixed by Chris Badami at Portrait Recording Studios in Pompton Plains, NJ. Scott Hull, whose resume includes artists such as Bob Dylan and Miles Davis, mastered the album at Masterdisk in NYC.

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