ARTIST: Ela
TITLE: Real Blood On Fake Trees
LABEL: Afternoon Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 236 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 43min total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-16
RIP DATE: 2007-01-15
Track List
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1. Checks Getting Cashed 3:03
2. Build A Garden 3:22
3. Fortune 2:56
4. Pillar Of Salt 2:42
5. Force The Ending 5:30
6. Shiver Tree 5:12
7. Professional Love 4:20
8. Come Down To The Water 4:43
9. Song The Dead Sing 4:21
10. Babies Bloodazriver 4:07
11. You Die (Had Time) 3:37
Release Notes:
http://www.elamusic.net
http://www.myspace.com/ela
http://www.afternoonrecords.com
Ela (ee-lah) is a container, a place to put the music of a group of people in a
specific time and place. Forming in 2003 in Minneapolis, Ela is comprised of
members Bill Caperton (vocals, guitar), Sean McPherson (bass), Peter Leggett
(drums) and Knol Tate (guitar, keyboards).
Over the past 3 years they have released one full length record, one 4 song 12
inch, and one tour only EP. They have played CMJ, toured the Midwest and east
coast multiple times, been on a mostly sold out month long Midwest/west coast
tour, sweat in basements, bars, clubs, vfws and theaters.
Ela's first record, Stapled to Air, was released in 2004 on New York's Third
Earth Music label. The first rock release on 3EM, the band found itself in the
company of underground hip-hop groups like Jean Grae, Oddjobs, and Mr. Len
(Company Flow). Stapled to Air immediately entered full rotation at Minneapolis
radio stations KUOM and KFAI, and received national play, eventually reaching
120 on the CMJ charts. Local and National press picked up on the band too; In
Devil in the Woods issue 19, the record garnered a perfect review with 6 out of
6 pitchforks.
Following this record, Ela played in the company of other up and coming bands
including Stars, Carissas Weird (now Band of Horses), Tapes N Tapes, the Fever,
Pilot to Gunner, Xiu Xiu, and Jeff Hanson. Notable larger scale shows at the
same time included playing sold out venues with Travis Morrison in Minneapolis
and The Wrens in Chicago. In April 2006, Ela received a call to go out on a
28-day tour with Los Angeles based indie-pop rising stars Say Anything (J
Records). Playing sold out shows from Detroit to LA and back with only 2 days
off propelled Ela's live act to a new level.
In the meantime Tate began running a studio in an old dry-ice factory in St.
Paul. Building off the momentum of the Say Anything tour, the band got to work
writing and recording a new demo. Straying from the blistering confessional work
of the first album into a world more subtly haunting, Ela is ready for a
rebirth.