It’s Elephant’s – Sam Loomis Hardware
It’s Elephant’s – Better in ’77
With their first full length album, 2008′s raucous Little Trouble in Chinatown, Atlanta rockers It’s Elephant’s were tagged with phrases as disparate as “power-pop”, “art-rock”, and countless other “adjective hyphen noun” classifications. Following a year of touring, the band has streamlined its sound into what band members describe as “a teddy bear gone wrong”. That is to say, music that embraces the influence of the comfortable and familiar while subtly and affectionately undermining its constructs. The result is the stellar sophmore release Gets Along, scheduled for release on CD and colored vinyl June 26, 2009.
Witness the title track, “Sam Loomis Hardware”, in which sun-kissed harmonies soar over the angular clash of guitars, like a drunken Brian Wilson picking up brass knuckles and taking a swing at Ian MacKaye. Or “Better in ’77″, where the rhythm section channels slinky Stax R&B as the base for singer Brent Jay’s aching croon.
The band, featuring Brent Jay (The Letters Organize) on guitar/vocals/bass, Garrett Range (The Letters Organize) on bass/guitar/vocals, Justin Shotwell (Charlie Hustle) on drums, and David Fountain (Wighat) on guitar/piano/vocals, will be celebrating the release of Gets Along with a show at The Earl June 26th with The Long Shadows and Whores.
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