New To Me

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

01 Castles (Prod. Felix Snow)

All I Could Do

Fantasy EP (Remix)

Fantasy (Xaphoon Jones Late Nite Remix)

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Drowning Butterflies [Maths Time Joy Remix]

Remix by @diplo.

Shields: Expanded (DL/2CD)
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Bleep : http://smarturl.it/7hqkzd
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Shields: B-Sides (DL/180g Vinyl)
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The original version of the track was recorded in Marfa, TX, before the band commenced official tracking for 'Shields' in Cape Cod and New York, and was released earlier this month on 'Shields Expanded' and 'Shields B-Sides.' The collections build on their acclaimed 2012 iTunes Album of the Year with exclusive b-sides, demos, and remixes.

'Shields' was released to some of 2012's best reviews, with Pitchfork calling it "magnificently epic" and the NY Times hailing it as "enthralling." The band performed tracks from the album on Colbert, Fallon, Letterman, Leno, Austin City Limits, and Ellen, and played their biggest headlining and international festival shows to date.

Will Calls (Diplo Remix)

Massive Attack - Black Milk (LARGE CHOP)

here's  a remix for one of our bud's, Erik Hassle, and his new single "Talk About It" out now on RCA.

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Erik Hassle - "Talk About It" (BASECAMP Remix)

miley

Colours (Stars) ft. Grouplove //Remixed by Xaphoon Jones

production: Mister Lies
vocals / lyrics: Jessica Blanchet

Stone sinking under. I falter without a thought. To say I've been hung is straying from the plot, but I walk. With shallow voices, misplacing lines on the clock. Turning our hands, whimpering doubts. No talk. Faulty goodbyes, medicated and taught. Deprecating lies. I falter without a thought, but I walk.

I Walk (ft. Jessica Blanchet)

Summer's Down being officially released 24th September! On Brapscallions.
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge Mastering

Summer's Down

MOWGLI - 2/26/2013

what you crave / a voice from silence
what you crave / on replay
face yourself
takes time / to trust what you see
the cold lines / that form what's to be
what you crave

Hounded (ft. Exitmusic)

03 Advil (Prod. Brandun Deshay)

05 Crack Dreams (Prod. Brandun Deshay)

The Brainfeeder signing gives us an exclusive track as part of the Uni of Yorke project. The debut album "Nostalchic" will be out on Brainfeeder in March 2013. 

http://brainfeeder.net/lapalux

Lapalux - Swallowing Smoke (Alternate Version)

I apologize for waiting to tell you for so long that I am not human ... I am made of bacon. Fairy tales
pixie dust I don't feel
 I hung myself and didnt die i am omnipotent I'm alive I'm not real I'm alive

You leave me careless I like it
I like it

Caught in the blast caught in the action caught in the bursting flame i stand there comfort in dying . comfort in burning I burn .

Maybe We can burn .

doubt I'll ever  be anyone's baby
livin as a unicorn gets so lonely  I have no answers.i have No questions stuck in your tandem . Heat that's worth standing ..I like it

Caught up in the blast caught up in the action caught up in the bursting flame....

Maybe we should burn (4x)

I can feel the accidents happening slowy ...falling for the rapture ever so boldly  I will go willingly .. You don't have to kidnap I like to be kidnapped . ...you leave me careless .. I like it . . I liiike it

Maybe we should burn

...I doubt ill ever be anyone's baby

03 AFTERMATH (Prod. WNDRBRD)

louis cole and genevieve artadi make some sweet tunes. listen to them here: http://www.youtube.com/louisgenevieve

New To Me

The Superb King