Elder
are back with a new EP. It was supposed
to be released first as subscription only via a new label by Jadd of Meteorcity
(Post Wax) in January and here it is mid-June and the special subscriber
edition still has not arrived and people on the Elder Tour in May actually got
the record via Stickman before the subscribers (I just got mine, not even the
special version, June 10th).
Anyway,
I was able to hear these tracks last October as the band gave me a preview of
one that was a jam that we might play live when I joined them last November in
Porto for a gig and they visited my house. Anyway, this EP is three
instrumental tracks. Illusionary Motion is one of the most relaxed Elder tracks
you might have ever heard. A very cool spacey sort of jam, you would never have
expected from these guys. I dig it… IM
Morgengrauen, is largely a Nick solo track, as he played nearly all the
instruments and it was constructed one track at a time.
Side B is a long krautrock like track, very
repetitive rhythm but some nice guitar lines and floating keyboards. This track
takes the entire album side (about 15mins). Nice to hear the band do a bit of
jamming and take their music to another realm. IT takes a long time to get a
guitar solo but we get a bit of one at the end. Great build up. Some of the hard core fans might not like this
but I loved it. Great work guys..
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