this jam is the key to UMO's twisted turn to soul songs

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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 TOPS' LP "Picture You Staring" 
Pre Order here: http://tinyurl.com/pqoh8t9
Released September 2nd

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Picture You Staring

Way to be Loved

TOPS "Way to be Loved"

Ben Wells and The Middle Names single 'Old Sea Salt' released March 2011
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OLD SEA SALT - Ben Wells and The Middle Names

Ben Wells &amp; The Middle Names single 'Lullaby' released in March 2011.
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LULLABY - Ben Wells and The Middle Names

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

Teen Daze - Along

"The Magician" by Andy Shauf from the album 'The Party,' available now on Anti (World Excl. Canada) and Arts & Crafts (Canada)

Order CD / Vinyl: http://found.ee/AStheparty_store 
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Andy Shauf - The Magician

Sleeping all of the day
Waking up in a haze

You don't know what its like to move on
She started dancing to that fine fine music, its true love
You don't know what its like to move on
From a name you despise, its true love

You will see me again
Don't you worry friend

You don't know what its like to move on
She started dancing to that fine fine music, it’s true love
You don't know what its like to move on
From a name you despise, its true love

Hey Mr. doctor don't let me die
cause I’ve got a feeling I cant describe
The Mona Lisa is driving me mad
I think all about the times we had

You don't know what its like to move on
She started dancing to that fine fine music, its true love
You don't know what its like to move on
From a name you despise, its true love


To Move On

Michael Nau
"Some Twist" CD/LP/DIG
Pre-Order: http://store.suicidesqueeze.net
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
www.facebook.com/michaelnaucottonjones
Artist Twitter: @naumichael
Artist Instagram: @mnau
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Label Twitter / Instagram: @suicidesqueeze
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Some Twist

I Root by Michael Nau

Midnight Sister - “Blue Cigar” from 'Saturn Over Sunset' out Sept. 8, 2017 on Jagjaguwar

Stream / download: https://midnightsister.lnk.to/saturn

Midnight Sister - Blue Cigar

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THE SHACKS:
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Taken from the Shacks Album "Haze" available worldwide 3/30/18

Buy the single in all formats here:
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Order The Shacks Album "Haze" available in standard & colored vinyl and CD here:
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Order Digital Here: 
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Visit us at:
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The Shacks tour dates here:
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Buy at BCR

The Shacks - Follow Me - BC012-45 - Side A

Debut EP 'House, Come Home' released in stores on March 16. 
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HEY! - Ben Wells and The Middle Names

Debut EP 'House, Come Home' released on March 16. 
www.benwellsandthemiddlenames.com

SINNERS - Ben Wells and The Middle Names

from the album 'The Sticks' out September 18, 2012 worldwide on Last Gang Records.

single available on iTunes July 17, 2012

Mother Mother - Let's Fall In Love

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's sophomore album, II. Out February 5, 2013 on Jagjaguwar. 

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Amazon: http://glnk.it/1sk
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding Cover)

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