Tuesday 26 March 2013

Introducing... Memory of Elephants



As resident writer at for.the.love I'm extraordinarily privileged be working with some of the finest new musical talent Bristol has to offer :)

MEMORY OF ELEPHANTS 

are a Noise Rock trio that we're absolutely thrilled to have on board, their live performance presence is really outstanding.

 photo by Ruby Walker Photography




Born of late night Monopoly sessions and a shared penchant for energetic noise making memory of Elephants is an instrumental trio made up of three music students. Drummer Sam Simpson, bassist Ben Shuffler and guitarist Toby Stewart, all in their early twenties, share a seeming musical telepathy which can only be the product of late-night board-game based bonding and countless jams. This is a group of musicians who found themselves organically forming a band. The finishing touch was simply choosing a memorable name. Between them the trio share a wide range of interests and inspirations, from Motorcross to philosophical debate, from the latest dub-step of Bristol’s nightclub scene, to the pared-down gentle poetic outpourings of Jeff Buckley, taking in Mars Volta, Mowgli, System of a Down and many others along the way. In the wrong hands such a mixture of influences might spell catastrophic cacophony, but memory of elephants have been blessed with just the right balance of testosterone fuelled love of loudness and restrained, intelligent melodic sensibility. Each composition is a close collaboration, with no room for excessive ego or undue modesty. 
The resultant tracks are joyously controlled explosions, driven, purposeful and very satisfying. For the full effect of their wall-of-sound exhilaration this is a band that must be heard in their natural setting, live on stage in full force. 
Motivated by their heroes, their peers and most of all by each other memory of elephants have suitably elephantine ambitions, with extensive touring, major festivals and much more on their to-do list.
If their musical force-of-nature style is anything to go by it would be very foolish to bet against them.      

Learn more at the Facebook page

Hear a track now on Reverbnation  'In space it's jungle rules'
Boogie on down to this video of 'sex in sevens' performed at Bristol's Mother's Ruin. 

 





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