Description:
ARTIST: Elf Power
TITLE: In A Cave
LABEL: Rykodisc
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 194kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 39m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-03-25
RIP DATE: 2008-02-27
Track List
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1. Owl Cut (White Flowers in the 2:24
Sky)
2. Spiral Stairs 3:40
3. A Tired Army 2:29
4. Paralyzed 3:01
5. New Lord 4:05
6. Softly Through The Void 3:03
7. Window to Mars 1:21
8. The New Mythology 3:51
9. Fried Out 3:00
10. The Demon's Daughter 3:56
11. Quiver and Quake 3:10
12. Heads of Dust, Hearts of Lust 1:45
13. Midnight Crawls Out 3:57
Release Notes:
Elf Power's ninth album, "In A Cave," blasts them past the familiar territories
of their previous records and lands them on exciting new terrain. Granted, the
Elves' sound is still founded on the bedrock attributes that make them
memorable: leader Andrew Rieger's otherworldly lyrical stances, their easy way
with melody, and an overall eclectic approach towards making music. "In A Cave"
finds Elf Power filtering their powerful live sound through varied, experimental
recording processes and approaches; the new album plays like a spirited,
exploratory series of treatments on the tried-and-true Elf Power sound.
Bassist Derek Almstead's production is lean and muscular beneath a warm sonic
layer; he opens ample windows for the band's creativity to run free.
Drummer/multi-instrumentalist Eric Harris returns to the fold for this record,
and his rhythmic interaction with Almstead provides the supportive spine for
each tune; the two bury a chugging Krautrock underpinning in the sing-song pop
of "Paralyzed" and provide the swaggering marching fuzz-boogie of "Spiral
Stairs." Harris' homemade "tape-organ" - a Thriftstore Mellotron, of sorts --
assumes a starring role on several songs, enveloping the driving jams and
harmonically-dense balladry in a loopy, warbly aura. Rieger's twelve-string and
the command of Jimmy Hughes' lead guitar form a subtle yet important cohesion.
The melody that comes courtesy of Heather McIntosh's virtuoso cello flirts with
Laura Carter's accordion and Moog Synthesizer to make "In A Cave" one of the
most psychedelic Elf Power records in years. Droned-out, interstitial songs like
"Window to Mars" and the Eno-esque "Heads of Dust, Hearts of Lust" lend a sense
of wholeness to this diverse album, and glue the longer tracks together
perfectly.
One of the founding bands of the legendary Athens, Georgia Elephant 6 collective
(the band features alumni of Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal, and Neutral
Milk Hotel), Elf Power has been performing and recording since 1994. They've
toured with such notables as Wilco, Guided by Voices, R.E.M., Flaming Lips and
Neutral Milk Hotel (with whom they shared a member in Laura Carter). In
addition to keeping themselves busy with steady touring, Elf Power have recently
lent their musical prowess to folk rock legend Vic Chesnutt, backing him on his
new album due out in the fall.
Members of Elf Power also own and operate Orange Twin Records, an independent
record label focused squarely on the local community; besides earlier Elf Power
albums, Orange Twin has also released records by Neutral Milk Hotel, The
Gerbils, Madeline and many other stalwarts of the vibrant Athens scene. A
percentage of proceeds generated by the label helps fund The Orange Twin
Conservation Community, which owns 155 acres of beautiful land on the outskirts
of Athens and has initiated the development of a highly progressive,
self-sustainable and ecologically-minded cluster village and nature preserve.
This sort of thoughtful, perpetual motion through the years has sharpened the
band's instincts powerfully and all-inclusively, and the results are joyously
evident here; with "In a Cave," Elf Power finds a perfect synthesis of their
solid, instinctual ensemble playing and open-hearted experimentation, and the
result is one of the best, most assured records to come soaring out of Athens in
a long, long time.
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