elk

elk- 'the heavy pop monster', is a beast whose hind legs and broad imposing chest contains the brothers Hedigan - Matt on bass and Lewis on drums. The remaining power antlers are composed of Shane who blazes out synth and guitar. All body parts of Elk share vocal duties. A lovely friendship binds this behemoth together and they make music while laughing and ripping the piss out of each other.

Elk released their debut album "We Should Start Our Own Gang" in January 2009. The album was recorded in June 2008 and is full of songs that range from poptastic to hardcore. Elk make plans. Elk's big plan now is to go hermit and write a lash of new material.



Some things sound people have said about us:



"All of these songs represent different sides of the same dice. And the great thing about Elk is they’ve built a solid narrative album in just 30 minutes and 10 songs (well, one of them is a 30-second interlude, but it’s brilliant): no never-ending 10-minute diversions and no senseless sonic paranoia. We Should Start Our Own Gang is like a breathtaking castle built out of the simplest materials. Less is indeed more."



Virginia Arroyo, AU Magazine.



“WSSOOG runs the rock gauntlet slashing, bashing and bruising itself on the obtuse angles of post punk, the sugary sweet synthetic sing/shout along melodies of modern day indie-pop and the fast, trashy convulsions of hardcore – like Gang of Four, Wolf Parade and Melt Banana sucking down on the same slab of Red Bull. In a word frantic!”



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