WATCH ‘NEED A FRIEND’: https://youtu.be/wop_KfvY8
ALBUM DEBUT ‘RETURN TO THE MOON’
RELEASED WORLDWIDE THIS FRIDAY
“Absorbing…timeless, reflective but with its feet firmly in the now.” Loud And Quiet (9/10)
“A substantial and intriguing bite…a terrific start for EL VY.” NPR
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With their debut album Return To The Moon set for release this Friday October 30, EL VY, the new project by Matt Berninger (The National) and Brent Knopf (Ramona Falls, Menomena), have launched a new video for the track ‘Need A Friend’.
Premiered today by Les Inrocks, ‘Need A Friend’ is the West Coast duo’s fourth new song to be given a visual treatment from Tom Berninger (Matt’s sibling, director of the award-winning Mistaken For Strangers film and creator of all preceding EL VY videos thus far). ‘Need A Friend’ sees Matt recalling his adolescence in Cincinnati while brother Tom’s video captures the band performing live – a tantalizing glimpse ahead of their forthcoming North American and European tour.
WATCH ‘NEED A FRIEND’: https://youtu.be/wop_KfvY8GU
PREVIOUS EL VY LYRIC VIDEOS:
‘PAUL IS ALIVE’ – https://youtu.be/vFCZGqPx4Gg
‘I’M THE MAN TO BE’ – https://youtu.be/TYr2FWnSaAo
‘RETURN TO THE MOON (POLITICAL SONG FOR DIDI BLOOME TO SING, WITH CRESCENDO)’ – https://youtu.be/LUAOwceIzRM
EL VY (rhymes with ‘hell pie’) and Return To The Moon is a project Berninger and Knopf have been thinking about for years. Their friendship spans nearly a decade, starting back when the National and Brent’s previous band Menomena played small half-empty clubs along America’s west coast. Feeling an immediate musical kinship, the pair kept in touch, Brent sending Matt occasional rough sketches of music and Matt responding with melodies and lyrics. Finally, in the winter and spring of 2014-15, they actually got together to make an album.
EL VY are touring the U.S. with drummer Andy Stack (Wye Oak) and bassist Matt Sheehy (Lost Lander) on their first tour, throughout November and December. No news of antipodean travels has been received. NZ Fans are encouraged to take to social media platforms to encourage them down under!
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