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all of the above It’s bitterly cynical but then it’s also tender and compassionate. It’s immediate and intimate, yet coming from the voice of an Outsider, thus with a deep eerie distance and a telescopic effect. It’s both romantic and deadpan. It’s as funny as it is affecting. Maybe its weirdest balance is extroversion (it is rock music after all) and introversion (all of these songs feel like snippets from the secret diaries of a very rare individual). - lalo padilla


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Member Since: 18/06/2006
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Influences: a burp over cuteness
Sounds Like: VU //BLACK SABBATH // JOY DIVISION* L.COHEN* ALL THINGS POST PUNK. THE CONFRONTATION OF SIXTIES FOLK COMBINED WITH THE SELF REFLECTION OF POST INDUSTRIALISM. NINETIES CHICAGO AND INCANDESCENT GUITARS/INTELLECTUALISM IN ROCK . SOFT PORNOGRAPHIC CHILDHOOD FANTASIES OF THE EIGHTIES AND THE SEDUCTION OF NARCISSISTIC CAPITALISM. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THE PLEASURE OF CATHOLIC GUILT WITH THE MISGIVINGS OF A UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS* NIRVANA. DEATH. JUNG FREUD FORGETTING.

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Musically, the Human Elephant is not that hard to describe, for it clearly follows the lines of some great indie rock acts from the past, bands that shall remain nameless to avoid the pit trap of obviousness… and does so without itself falling into the boredom of mere homage (i.e. theft). So about the music,.....top notch and quite memorable in their own right. Lyrically though, it’s a whole different story. A whole different, slippery and challenging story. The tone is just unique, there’s not an easy generic tree from where to hang it. It seems to be weirdly balanced for rich ambiguous effect, balanced way up high… or way down below.
Record Label: DOG-EARED//scribble kite//
Type of Label: Indie

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besides riding trains, what are we doing??

A very beautiful man going by the name of Gordon Raphael is mixing our recent batch of recordings, he carries the most gifted non-canine ear john has ever experienced, and it is absolutely breathtakin...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:29:00 GMT

blue monday

we are recording on monday that's it*
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:26:00 GMT