ELDER - Spires Burn / Release 12" country Harry Howard toured and wrote

Harry Howard toured and wrote with the Birthday Party

But whether they're responding to Vice's vocal dissatisfaction with 200 Million Thousand or following the example of their late friend Jay Reatard-- whose 2009 swan song Watch Me Fall saw him cleaning up his buzzsaw-pop sound without compromising his essence-- Black Lips seem more eager to play ball this time around

but it’s the music that will have you returning to this album again and again

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It’s not surprising that Seventeen Words was conceived

ELDER - Spires Burn / Release 12" country Harry Howard toured and wroteAfter two full length releases on Meteor City, Massachusetts based ELDER release two new tracks clocking in at 22 plus minutes. Two tracks channeling California desert rock ala Kyuss, stil retaining some of the Sleep influence of the earlier releases. Cover art courtesy by FRED STRUCKHOLZ of South of Heaven Press. While Elder's sound is now much more evolved and varied, it is still consistently based around rock and metal, originally influenced by