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***This limited edition vinyl edition of Walking with the Beggar Boys (CD released by Low Transit Industries) contains a bonus CD single. The album marks a definite change in sound and style for Athens, Georgia s underground cult favorites. New members guitarist Eric Harris (formerly of The Olivia Tremor Control) and bassist Craig McQuiston (formerly of the Glands) join longtime members singer/songwriter Andrew Rieger, multi-instrumentalist Laura Carter, and drummer Aaron Wegelin for a reinvention of the band for their sixth release. Part hippies, part punks, Elf Power follows no trends or rules, they simply rock. Musically they're all over the map from sleazy, T-Rex rockers to psychedelic electronica, to blown-out Southern boogie romps. The lyrics forego the abstract supernatural imagery of past releases for a more straightforward approach, with songs about the effects of advertising and media on modern America, love songs, and even strange, autobiographical stories about a gang of beggar children in Warsaw. Elf Power formed in Athens in 1994 and have spent the last decade releasing albums, touring the globe from America to Europe to Japan and Brazil, playing with REM, Wilco, Guided By Voices, and Neutral Milk Hotel (with whom Carter also recorded and toured), and building a rabid underground following. Elf Power also runs Orange Twin, a record label and land conservation group. The label releases records by Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel and many others, proceeds from sales of which go toward supporting the land conservation group, which involves 150 acres on the outskirts of Athens, formerly an old girl scout camp, currently being turned into a self-sustaining, low-impact village and nature preserve. - Vinyl LP with bonus CD single
- Guest appreance by folk rock legend Vic Chesnutt
- Touring the U.S. in April and Brazil in May '04
- Silkscreened covers by Award-winning graphic artist Ryan Nole
- Very limited
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