elevate | magic spill

the debut, self-released, hard-to-find, etched-in-ivory, wrapped-in-gold-leaf, true-love-waiting release by elevate. darker, less melodic, less structured than later releases.

thanks to peter tron for this!

10" self- released in 1993

here.

p.s. yes, first post in over a year. next post tomorrow or in 2 years. or somewhere inbetween.

elevate | bronzee

i posted some tracks from this 3 years ago, so i think it's time now to post the whole thing. i really really love this record.

i ripped this ages ago and like a dolt the mp3s are only 128k and are quiet. so what i'm saying basically is you need to buy this for yourself right?

lp released by flower shop recordings (on bronze vinyl no less) in 1994.

get it.

elevate | two stray insight

i haven't written about elevate since 2006, so to rectify that, here's a single taken from their brilliant debut album "bronzee", which takes the american slint-inspired post rock sound and kicks it into shape.

7" released by flower shop in 1995.

get it.

elevate | bronzee

elevate are one of those bands that lived fast, died young and left a couple of beautiful records. particularly if you're into slint. or are a fan of the flower shop/god machine/sophia school of albini-esque rock dynamics tied to miserablism. (something like that anyway.) they recorded two albums for flower shop, bronzee and the architect, and both display a special brand of sturm und drang. call it music for people with hangovers that feel like lashing out at the world a little.

here are three songs from the first album, released on robin proper-sheppard's aforementioned flower shop label. he produced it too.

::: elevate - garden
::: elevate - priceless water/victim no.12
::: elevate - the train journey

gaming fans might be interested to know that elevate features one paul collyer, co-creator of the championship manager games. and singer tim ward has a new band called lord god.