Gallery Girl [EP]

Elefant | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Kemado
• ASIN: B000089CPU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gallery Girl - Elefant

2. Annie - Elefant

3. Bokkie - Elefant

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Elefant never forgets, May 27, 2004

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gallery Girl (Audio CD)

New York garage-rockers Elefant hints at potential greatness in "Gallery Girl," a promising EP with three solid, sometimes scintillating rock songs. There isn't quite enough here to be satisfying, but it promises great things for their debut, "Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid."

A rhythmic beat kicks off the title track, before blossoming into a smooth bass-heavy rocker. "Annie" is a bit softer and lower-key, with some faint string accompaniments to the steady guitar riffs. And "Bokkie" comes full circle with some catchy, slightly repetitive rock, led by a sputtery fuzz-guitar.

Elefant comes across as a bit smoother and less rough-around-the-edges than similar bands like The Strokes. But they keep that chaotic garage-rock edge with things like the magnificently anarchic, sputtering riff at the end of "Gallery Girl," speckled with exhilarated whoops and yowls.

But giving a different edge to the garage-rock is a handful of softer flourishes -- some fuzz guitar worthy of Neutral Milk Hotel, and the swelling strings of "Annie."Vocalist Diego Garcia adds a little spice with his deep voice; he's far from impassioned-sounding, but he does a nice job with the mournful bits like "Lose yourself... lose yourself!".

"Gallery Girl" is an enticing listen for Elefant's debut, and fans of New York garage-rock will probably devour this colorful EP.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very very good, March 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Gallery Girl (Audio CD)

A promising debut from a massively talented band. If you appreciate stylish guitar rock such as Roxy Music, the Smiths, Adorable, Gene, etc. you will like this. Elefant is a welcome antidote to the current crowd of hackneyed garage-rock wannabes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Garage Rock makes a come back, April 16, 2004

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Josh (New Paltz, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gallery Girl (Audio CD)

Garage rock at its finest. Punchy guitar lines give a kick ass presentation to this bands 80's vibe. This is definitely the album to buy if you are a fan of The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Roxy Music or even the Strokes. Very Good.