Formed in Athens, Georgia way back in 1994, the indie lo-fi collective of Elf Power are part of the Elephant Six collective, who also spawned The Apples In Stereo, The Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control amongst others.

Despite releasing no less than seven studio albums, their most recent being 2006's Back To The Web, Elf Power are probably best known for being part of Oxford label Shifty Disco's singles club in 2000. Due to the collaborative nature of the project and the endlessly changing line-up, there's no way to predict which is accurate (their myspace, for example, shows a totally different line-up to their press release). The mainstays in the band are founding members Andrew Reiger (songwriting/vocals) and Laura Carter (accordion/keyboards).

Releases

• In A Cave - album, out 05/05/2008 on Rykodisc. 1 review (read/post)
• Back To The Web - album, out 24/04/2006 on Rykodisc. 1 review (read/post)
• Walking With The Beggar Boys - album, out 12/04/2004 on Orange Twin. (post review)
• Let The Serpent Sleep - single, out 19/05/2003 on Shifty Disco. (post review)
• Creatures - album, out 27/05/2002 on Shifty Disco. (post review)
• The Naughty Villian/The Great Society - single, out 15/04/2002 on Shifty Disco. 1 review (read/post)
• Winter Is Coming - album, out 12/11/2001 on Shifty Disco. (post review)
• A Dream In Sound - album, out 26/03/2001 on Shifty Disco. (post review)
• Jane - single, out 30/10/2000 on Shifty Disco. (post review)
• When The Red King Comes - album, out 10/02/1997 on Arena Rock Recording Company. (post review)
• Vainly Clutching At Phantom Limbs - album, out 07/11/1995 on Arena Rock Recording Company. (post review)

Past events

• Mon 04 Aug at Cardiff 10 Feet Tall. (post review)
• A Day At The Races '08, Tue 06 May at Manchester New Century House. (post review)
• Sat 20 May at London Astoria. (post review)
• The United Sounds of ATP - Weekend Two, Fri 19 May at Camber Sands All Tomorrow's Parties. (post review)

News

• 09/04/2006: Warner Music buy Rykodisc

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