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Elvis Perkins 7" on XL is entitled "All The Night Without Love" Sounds not too disimillar James Yorkston stepping out with Stefan Grappelli in a swinging, fiddle-led melancholy ode. The beauty is in the songwriting with a production that doesn't distract or distort the simplicity.Unfortunate name though, sounding like some bloke's stall down the market.Elvis Perkins’s entrance into the consciousness of America’s music loving community mirrored the music itself. Slow, subtle and steady, but with a strength and beauty that roots itself into your heart, soul and mind for a lifetime. In February Elvis Perkins’s stunning debut ‘Ash Wednesday’ was released in the USA to, understandably, much critical acclaim. This summer, XL Recordings will also release the album in the UK.‘All The Night Without Love’ will be the first single to be taken from ‘Ash Wednesday’. Swaying double bass and guitar melodies melt into softly brushed drums and Elvis’s smoky vocals and forlorn lyrics - “I once caused your cells to shimmer and you one caused my cells to shimmer and now we go all the night without love”. ‘Ash Wednesday’ is majestic in its simplicity and indicative of Elvis’s distinct and heartfelt sound, of layered instrumentation and a folk-tinged honestly blending with captivating, magical melodies.
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