Elf Power - Artificial Countrysides [LP Ltd Edition Clear Purple Vinyl]

Cat. no: LPYEP3034LEC
Format: LP Ltd Edition Clear Purple Vinyl
Barcode: 634457080430
Release Date: 15 Jul 2022
Genre: Rock

Artifcial Countrysides is Athens, Ga - based Elf Power's 14th album and frst 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 album mirrors this approach by discussing the difculties and advantages of dealing with modern life's digital and artifcial landscape, balanced with the natural world. Elf Power formed in Athens, GA in 1994 and have released 14 albums, two eps, and a handful of singles, while touring North America, Europe, and Japan many times playing alongside acts like R.E.M., Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Neutral Milk Hotel, Guided by Voices, Arcade Fire and many more. Albums such as 1998's Dave Fridmann-produced "A Dream In Sound" and 2008's collaboration with the late folk rock icon Vic Chesnutt, "Dark Developments", have cemented the bands' reputation as the fnest purveyors of modern melodic psychedelic folk rock around. The band became known as a member of the much heralded Elephant 6 Collective, which includes their friends and collaborators Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal, and many more.

LP Ltd Edition Clear Purple Vinyl Tracks: Undigested Parts / Clean Clothes / Artifcial Countrysides / The Gas Inside the Tank / Soft Trash / Pouring Hot Water on the Anthills / Constantly Touching / Filming The Sequel Before All the Actors Die / Metal House / Floods / Did It Really Exist? / Dark Rays