Elephant Island - Don't Say You Don't Know What You Want

(Aaargh!) CD
Victoria’s best kept secret… the music of Elephant Island is a fragile swarm of melodic melancholia, a thing of sighing beauty. A musical arc of emotional depth, Don’t Say You Don’t Know… ventures through themes of hope, desire & doubt, all channeled through the aching, wandering falsetto of singer Galen Hartley. Accordion, cello, trumpet, saxophone, upright bass & mellotron all shape the sound, shaking up the arrangements a bit from the standard fair. An album for fans of mature, sincere indie pop a la Will Oldham & Shearwater.