Like this one more than your more recent demos, sounds much more structured and I like the polyphony in the outré (thanks for the Twitter follow btw!)

Good use of effected drums and haunting synth and vocals. Kind of contradict each other but in a good way

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

I Fashion You're a Dreamer

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Grizzly Bear - Yet Again

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Leave her in my head 
I place my feelings on the altar 
Let me burn up 
Let me love you 
Chasing after heartbreak 
Never words of affirmation 
I can die young 
I could lose you 
Tripping on the thought of you  
the last I was so happy 
Watch it all go 
Never any use 
Following my reapers 
Just to reach a destination 
It will find me 
If I’m meant for it 

Scent of my flesh 
Makes you smile when I reach for you 
Pour out my blood 
all in front of your porch 

I see ropes in the spirits
God let me come proper 
I hang on my neck 
I’m so blessed 
Girl I’m fodder 
Like Jesus 
Come Jesus me 
Let me lose everything 
Let all their faces writhe up 
When they mention my name 
Cut off the small talk 
I just want your pain

spiritworld (part 2) i want your pain (sped up)

Betty

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