мам, спасибо, что родила

Wonderful mix. Perfectly percolating pop.

this part is pretty sad. destroys the nice intention of the melodic sequence

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

From 'Silent Hour/Golden Mile' EP out now on Warp Records.

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iTunes
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Daniel Rossen US Tour Dates and pre-order links
March 22 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
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March 23 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
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March 25 – San Francisco, CA – Chapel

March 26 – Sonoma, CA - Gundlach-Bundschu Winery 

March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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April 4 – Austin, TX – Central Pres. Church
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April 6 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge

April 8 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
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April 10 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
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April 11 – Raleigh, NC – Haw River Ballroom

April 13 – Washington, DC – Sixth and I
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April 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
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April 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg http://tinyurl.com/krk8ze9


Daniel Rossen on the web:
https://www.facebook.com/rossendaniel
http://4ad.com/artists/departmentofeagles
http://warp.net/records/daniel-rossen


Silent Hour / Golden Mile

Return to Form

Daniel Rossen - Return to Form

The first single of Treefight For Sunlight's 2nd album, out later in 2014.
WiMP: http://wimp.dk/album/25794197
spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2dmr4TydeQKe9LEnOq9gUU
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/dk/album/come-closer-single/id807467152

Buy the album

Treefight For Sunlight - Come Closer

Tracked by Foreign/National & Hayden Calnin, mixed by Jarrad Brown & mastered by Andrei Eremin @ Jack the Bear.

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Life Tourist

As their third release for the year, Pacific Cruise stands as a bold statement of intention from prolific Melbourne outfit Foreign/National; another leap forward for a collective never content with stasis.  

A continuation of their production partnership with Joey Walker (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard), Pacific Cruise was born on a glacial winter night, raised in sweaty rehearsal rooms and quickly matured as a staple of the band’s live show - a favourite for audiences throughout the country. 

While retaining their usual spread of crunching, saturated instrumentation, the band again nod lovingly toward slow-burning Motown classics in Pacific Cruise’s skittering and bullish rhythm section.  

Though a healthy dose of fatalism remains present in the single’s lyrics, it does not - by any means - keep the listener at arm’s length. Each phrase carries a careful build-and-release of harmonic tension. Lapping gently over an arrangement spacious by the band’s own standards, the feeling is intimate and resolute. 

From its opening bars, Pacific Cruise whispers with casual menace. By the time those whispers become cries, the saxophone solo hits its peak and confusion gives way for clarity, it’s impossible to turn back. Either you’re right about this, or wrong about everything. 

ARTWORK: Alex Jennings ( www.ajayjennings.com )

Pacific Cruise

First track from the neat beats debut album: Cosmic Surgery

Graffiti on a Tuesday Night

Debut album in stores February 5th on Fat Possum Records

Pre-order Human Ceremony:
CD/LP/t-shirt bundles - smarturl.it/HumanCeremony.vinyl
iTunes (w/ IG Wall Watcher) - smarturl.it/HumanCeremony.iTunes

Sunflower Bean - Easier Said

From the Liminality EP, out May 12th. 
Pre-order - 
Rough Trade: https://www.roughtrade.com/music/liminality-ep
Bandcamp: https://melllah.bandcamp.com/album/liminality-ep

Spotify: http://hyperurl.co/MellahSpotify
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/MellahiTunes

Website: http://www.mellah.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mellllah/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mellllah
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mellllah

Liminality EP

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Miss Universe

Monsters Under The Bed

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/big-black-delta/id628640293

Big Black Delta - Dreary Moon

Listen to Family Fun: https://smarturl.it/Family_Fun

Agent: Michael.Harvey-Bray@CodaAgency.com

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MELLAH

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