Warp Records - Part 1

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

Released on September 4th, 2015. 

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All Yours

All yours

Widowspeak // GIRLS

Phantogram - Dont Move

Within and Without

Soft

Future Islands - Balance

Warp Records Sampler 2010

AM/FM

Compass (Red Dead On Arrival Version) - Jamie Lidell

The Hundred In The Hands

Pigeons

The Hundred In The Hands - Pigeons

'Hands down' is to be the fourth single taken from Funeral Suits debut album 'Lily of the Valley'.

Out on the 18th of October in the UK and on the 15th in Ireland through usual outlets.

Uk tour starts September 29th.

Hands Down

Hands Down (Single Mix)

First single taken from the album 'Church With No Magic' on Warp Records.

Window

Long Flight - Future Islands

Tal Uno

Cosmogramma

MmmHmm (feat. Thundercat)

Somebody Else

New single "Friends" out now. Visit www.broncho.tv for vinyl, merch, tour dates and more.

Friends

I arrived in Los Angeles in 1989 where I become bi-costal traveling between Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco working in the Film and Music Industry. Dancing in the Sound Factory, End-Up, Ice Factory, Mayan, Orbit, the Cat Club and the underground of LA. I threw undergrounds in downtown Los Angeles and ran a legal warehouse for four years. This is my beginning. It will never end.

The Hundred In The Hands - Pigeons

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