Elf Power

VINYL FORMAT. Elf Power's new album is a self-titled, dozen-song sonic totem that represents the group's spiritual endurance and continued relevance as the flagship band of the celebrated psych-rock scene they helped forge over a decade and a half ago. Elf Power formed in 1994 and, over the last sixteen years, has released ten albums, two EPs, and a handful of singles. The Athens pioneers have now readied their tenth studio album for release. The new record conveys a unique synthesis of expansion and space as deft rhythmic interplay, thoughtful instrumental flourishes, and subtle hands at the mixingboard all contribute to the Elves' lithe, powerful folk-rock and the frank, beautiful lyrical exposition that's to be expected from head songwriter Andrew Rieger.