New Album "Annotations" to be released in early 2011!
Elaine Greer's interest in music stemmed from a variety of influences, ranging from her love for Broadway musicals as a child to her numerous attempts at punk rock bands as a teenager. Although she began writing songs at a young age, she was secretive about it for years before starting her first active band in 2005, The Bluebirds. The Bluebirds didn't last long though, and thus Elaine Greer the solo artist was born. Years (and several line up changes) later, Elaine was playing regularly around Houston, where she drummed up quite a bit of local interest and opened for such celebrated acts as The Fiery Furnaces, Tilly and the Wall, and Tim Barry. At the end of 2008, Elaine realized that her lo-fi home recordings could only take her so far, and headed to Master Bedroom Studios to record her first legitimate EP, "Making Plans and Going Places." The 6-song EP, described as a "distractingly pretty collection of folk pop songs", was released in May of 2009. The EP featured a number of guest musicians and was mixed by Steve Christensen from Houston's SugarHill Studios. Later on in 2009, Greer reunited with Christensen (who soon after won a Grammy for Steve Earle's "Townes") to begin recording her first full length album. The recording of this album stretched through 2010, taking place at Steve's apartment, SugarHill Studios, and Elaine's apartment in Austin (where she had decided to move at some point in all of this). A little over a year later, the album, to be entitled "Annotations", was complete and sent to The Lodge in New York to be mastered. Set to be released in early 2011, this album melds the genuine feel of Elaine's early recordings with that of a studio album throughout 9 intricately composed songs that are layered in vocal harmonies. Greer, now 22 years old, is currently still living in Austin, Texas and playing with a new band of talented individuals.
