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Music Monday: Elephant Parade
Brooklynites Elephant Parade get down.
Brooklyn loves its girl-boy power indie pop duos. If Matt & Kim are in the high-energy end of the spectrum, Elephant Parade is most definitely on the lo-fi end. Gracing us with soft guitar and strikingly fragile vocals, to say that Estelle, from Gainsville, FL. and Ido, from Israel, are minimalist musicians is an understatement
Not unlike artists like Jana Hunter, Elephant Parade’s arrangements and vocalization sometimes emote more than the actual lyrics or instrumental ability (and they’re obviously a talented twosome). Adding their guitar and piano, the songs left me with an incredibly earnest sense of loneliness and sadness. (I’ve recovered since.)
My favorite track is a short and pretty straightforward song. A man waxes his car while his family watched television indoors. The song ends with “Ooh, baby/When I’m with you I’m all right/Hey baby/When I’m with you, it’s all right/Yeah, baby/Let’s take the Cavalier out.” Without taking too much of a leap, the song, titled “Xanax” is a little slice of the modern, pharmaceutically inclined life.
Featured Song: “Goodbye” by Elephant Parade
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Featured Song: “Xanax” by Elephant Parade
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