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

Skip Stones

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money can't buy.

The engine wheels keep turning
and I live my life.

With you by my side.

You told me goodbye.

And while you're out enjoying
the summer's bloom.

I'm still stuck ignoring
inside my cocoon.

I dearly miss you.

The left the door unlocked
with a scroll inside.

I can't seem to remove these
stories of life.

We're all gonna die.

Money Can't Buy

The Barr Brothers - Beggar in the Morning

sailing through heartbreak is not my style pop

A Link Wray tune, this track is from my forthcoming album release "Introducing" which features Tucker Martine's production (as well as drums!), Eli Moore's beautiful guitar, Steve Moore on the piano and organ, and some backing vocals by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Laura Veirs. 

"Introducing" releasing May 13th 2016 on Bella Union(UK/EU) and Raven Marching Band Records(US) has elements of country and soul and features tunes written in the 70s - Tom T. Hall, Waylon Jennings, Don Gibson, Barry Gibb, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Rush are some of the songwriters covered.

Thanks to The Line of Best Fit for sending out album/single announcements this February 18th 2016 post -  http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/karl-blau

Introducing Karl Blau

Fallin' Rain

"Precious Life", produced with famed drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, Yeasayer, Atoms For Peace), is the the title track from Los Angeles songwriter AM out today. The drumming is raw, a treat for fans of Waronker’s playing and “Precious Life” captures sonically what it’s title suggests. The record is intimate, up close…even the groovers. You’re hearing the details clearly and, hopefully, appreciating the sensation.

AM summons a dreamy sound with Waronker behind the drums and the board, and with AM doing just about everything else on synths, bass, and guitar, the two carefully craft a record that is honest and emotional, yet swings and pulses. Music made for the headphones...the big ones that is.

AM - Heavenly Eyes

The Collapse: 2LP | CD | Digital out on October, 28th.

Written by Yuri Méndez.

LYRICS:

I missed you and I missed the coast,
It's been a long time since I hit the road.
On rented trucks and lagging trains
I missed the times when these dreams were dreamt.

I missed you so bad I gave you a different name in every song.
I missed you, yeah, at almost every airport of the world.
I missed you.
  
I fell for a song and then got caught.
Me just a kid, how was I supposed to know?
These uptown girls all look the same,
how could I have known, oh, it would turn out this way?

I missed you so bad I gave you a different name in every song.
I missed you, yeah, at almost every airport of the world.
I missed you.

Standing at a crossroads in Köln;
passing through Nagoya, Japan;
in the streets of Paris for the First of May, I missed you all along.
Think of all the landings I've been through,
hotel rooms I never got to use,
so many nights out on the road, I missed you most of all.
Yeah, I missed you.

Learning is a tough one, my boy.
Don't expect any shortcuts, there’s none.
Be careful what you wish for,
it might become true someday.
Someday.

©2016 Lovemonk Records / Bonatatda Publishing

The Collapse

Eurohop

AMO AMO is Love, Omar, Shane, Alex and Justin 
Produced by Jim James 
Mixed by Kevin Ratterman 
Recorded by Alex Krispin and Jeff Fettig in Los Olivos CA 
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering 
Photo by Wyndham Garnett

Eurohop

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