Unmm this ain’t that ain’t this ain’t?? Hard core?? Sorry i thought this was going to break out into amazing booms, kicks, hi hats but i was mistaken

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

Gardens & Villa 'Dunes' available now on CD/ LP/ Digital on Secretly Canadian.

Get Dunes at:
SC Distribution: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_scd
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Your local record store: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_indies

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Bullet Train

Gardens & Villa - Bullet Train

Taken from 'Kairos' out on Dead Oceans March 9th, 2010.

Order the album here: http://bit.ly/1aaQSyN

Kairos

Icarus

White Hinterland - Icarus

"Bankrupt!" is out now! - http://smarturl.it/Bankrupt

Phoenix on Tour - http://wearephoenix.com/tour

Download Bankrupt!

SOS In Bel Air (Ariel Pink's Krystal Bamboo Remix)

Soft Powers - Just Like Tropica-L

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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@NZCALINES

NZCA LINES - New Atmosphere

Think

Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation)

Buy: http://tinyurl.com/pgj32tj
Release Date: 16 September 2015 

anything
if ever there was anything
that could change this thing that's happening
if ever there was anything

it was different then
distant feeling when you lose a friend
it hurts to look at what it used to be
i miss you, and it's sad cuz that's what's meant for me

i don't have anything
i wish i could treat you the same
as i did when we was both in love
anything we did was not enough
now it's gone
i don't have anything

where have i gone?
i'm just myself done wrong
i feel it, yeah i kick my myself around
i lost it, it was everything
and now it's done

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Anything

"New York, the high temple of the retail world!"

Stranger

Super psyched about our latest fc signing JAGWAR MA  !!! Check the vid too, its dope.

Jagwar Ma seemingly came fully-formed out of nowhere last summer with the nostalgic yet-thoroughly-modern sleeper 'Come Save Me'.  Off the back of community and triple j airplay, the track quickly made its way round the internet and the globe.  "Come Save Me" found a release in the UK on The Blue Rider label, then some love on the airways of KCRW (Los Angles) and BBC Radio 1 (London).

They first appeared live for a couple of shows in the European summer of 2012. NME reviewed their second ever show at the Midi Festival in Hyeres, France "It was Jagwar Ma who hogged all the industry interest. Their songs are huge….everything they play morphs into electrifying variations"

Jagwar Ma then scored a berth on the influential NME poll for the worlds 20 Most Exciting New Bands of 2013,"Hailing from Australia, indie-dance's most exciting new duo took a trip to rural France to concoct their throbbing pop masterpieces".

Their psyche influenced electro beats have generated equal interest in the recording industry and the band just signed an Australian and New Zealand record deal with Future Classic (Flume, Flight Facilities, Mitzi).

In Europe Jagwar Ma have signed a record deal with Marathon Music.  This brand new label is helmed by infamous frenchman Phlippe Ascoli who played a leading hand in signing or launching Daft Punk, Phoenix and Air.

Sydneysiders get the first look at the band when they do their debut show at GoodGod TONIGHT Wednesday Jan 16th . It is a warm up to their national slot on the Big Day Out this summer.

SOS In Bel Air (Ariel Pink's Krystal Bamboo Remix)

Phoenix

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