Elf Power - Artificial Countrysides (Clear Purple Vinyl)

Elf Power - Artificial Countrysides (Clear Purple Vinyl)Artificial Countrysides is Athens, Georgia based Elf Power's 14th album and first for Yep Roc Records. The band expand their sound on this record to glorious effect, adding marimba, harpsichord, synth bass, distorted drum machine loops, and mellotron to their time tested mix of fuzz guitars, moog keyboards, pummeling drums, and layered acoustic guitars, achieving a satisfying and unique synthesis of traditional and futuristic sounds. Lyrically the

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and majestic

with effortless melodic guitar and string arrangements creating a heartrending backdrop that showcases Fran as another force to watch in the constantly evolving Chicago music scene

Dan Knishkowy has never written a song like “Whodunnit

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New release in 2021 with old RnB influences and mid-'00 beats

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culminating in 2021’s critically acclaimed ‘…’ EP which saw the band draw early cosigns including a remix from Daniel Avery and support slots from Squid

offering an eye into the interiors of a world that’s mesmerizing in its soft-focused lens