Afternoon

On her fifth album, Afternoon, Eleni Mandell builds on the promise of her earlier work and delivers her most confident and accessible collection of songs yet. Accompanied by her tight touring band - Joshua Grange (guitars), Ryan Feves (bass) and Kevin Fitzgerald (drums) - she glides comfortably from acoustic ballads to hard rockers to country and jazz and makes every style her own. Recently feted as the best songwriter in Los Angeles by LA Weekly (an honor shared with the late Elliot Smith), Eleni celebrates women who can dish out heartache as well as they can take it. After one listen, everyone will want to be Eleni Mandell's Afternoon.