'While Elvis Perkins' folk music has earned comparisons to the likes of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, he is also known as the son of actor Anthony Perkins and photographer Berry Berenson. Raised in Los Angeles and New York, he started playing guitar in high school and took lessons from Prescott Niles of the Knack. Perkins played in rock bands and learned classical guitar, but his forte became folk, and the unexpected deaths of his parents (his father died of AIDS in 1992, which his mother perished in the 9...   [ read more ]

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'Elvis Perkins's new album, Elvis Perkins in Dearland is simply phenomenal. It is rare for a studio album to make you feel like you are standing right in the middle of the action, instead of an outside observer, but this album is extremely tangible. It is stripped down to the necessities and not overly produced, doctored, and manipulated. Elvis Perkins has developed into a songwriter with striking range. He remains grounded in the most flowery of moments, and the contrast of darkness and beauty is reall...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The follow-up to the exquisitely melancholic and much hailed solo debut "Ash Wednesday". On this release, Elvis is joined by a talented trio of friends, all clearly influenced by a range of American roots music. At once raucous and profound, this record conjures both the greatest celebration and the saddest funeral, channeling an ageless wisdom that deepens with each listen.

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