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The Acoustic Storm Sessions

by Elkhorn

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  • The Acoustic Storm Sessions (Standard Edition)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders must go through Cardinal Fuzz. This is the standard black heavyweight vinyl edition of ‘The Acoustic Storm Sessions’. Edition of 500, with copies evenly distributed between Centripetal Force (North America) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe).

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Acoustic Storm Sessions via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Elkhorn - The Acoustic Storm Sessions (Sam Giles CDr Edition)
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This is the CDr edition of 'The Acoustic Storm Sessions'. Perfect to scale reproduction of the album sleeve, front and back and complete with center label. It even comes with a printed inner sleeve. These are the same CDrs that Cardinal Fuzz has been doing for the past couple of years. Slick. Not a jewel case.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Acoustic Storm Sessions via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • The Acoustic Storm Sessions (Bonus Bundle)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UK/Europe orders must go through Cardinal Fuzz. This edition of ‘The Acoustic Storm Sessions’ comes with a heavyweight black vinyl copy of the album and a limited edition 5” square lathe cut for a composition titled “Neowise.” The song was recorded during the COVID quarantine, with Drew hunkered down in NYC, Jesse out in PA, and Turner six time zones ahead in Europe. Zack from Precarian Media prepared the cuts. You'll also receive a digital download code for "Neowise"within a few hours of your order. Limited to 25.

    Please note that turntables with arms that automatically retract at the end of a record may not be able to play the lathe cut.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Acoustic Storm Sessions via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Heavy Lidders Package Special
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Jeffrey Alexander from Dire Wolves has a new project named The Heavy Lidders, which also includes contributions from Jesse and Drew of Elkhorn. If you haven't checked it out yet, you're missing out. Anyways, since Centripetal Force has releases for both Dire Wolves and Elkhorn, we've put together this Heavy Lidders special. You can get Dire Wolves 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times' and Elkhorn 'The Acoustic Storm Sessions' for $28.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Acoustic Storm Sessions via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Centripetal Force (North America), in conjunction with Cardinal Fuzz (UK/Europe), is excited to announce the upcoming release of Elkhorn’s The Acoustic Storm Sessions, the sister album to the much-lauded The Storm Sessions released earlier this year on Beyond Beyond Is Beyond. The album is being presented in a 500 copy vinyl pressing and will be made available for preorder on September 14th.

Elkhorn is known for their unique blend of psych/folk guitar music, with Jesse Sheppard on fingerstyle twelve-string acoustic and Drew Gardner on six-string electric. The Acoustic Storm Sessions, recorded the evening before The Storm Sessions, also features Turner Williams (Ramble Tamble, Guardian Alien) on guitar and marks the first time Elkhorn has created an entirely acoustic album.

The Acoustic Storm Sessions is comprised of two side-long tracks drawing on the trio’s intimate knowledge of each others’ playing as they immerse themselves in the spirit of improvisation and allow it to guide the music’s course. As a result, there are raga-like qualities to these pieces, a revolving array of melodies, rhythmic flourishes and subtle embellishments that not only entrance the performers but the listener as well. There is no doubt that the group’s meditative intensity on The Acoustic Storm Sessions is at an unprecedented level.

The nature of these spontaneously composed pieces offers audiences an endless number of experiences and interpretations. A listen to either side of The Acoustic Storm Sessions today could sound completely different tomorrow. What seems like a page taken from the tomes of American Primitivism during one sitting recalls the motorik rhythms of early 70s Germany on the next. And, thanks to the constant intertwining of three spiraling guitars, the music on this album takes on an ever-shifting visual aspect. The perspectives are in flux, each guitar mercurially switching between foreground, middle and background, creating sharp and linear textures before receding to a more atmospheric realm. The experience is an ongoing kaleidoscopic shift in sound that adds detail and depth and colors the mind.

Perhaps the most important elements of The Acoustic Storm Sessions can be found in the circumstances behind its recording. Finding themselves snowed in to Gardner’s home studio after a massive storm forced the cancelation of a highly anticipated gig in Brooklyn, the trio decided to turn an unfortunate occasion into an opportunity to create and were able to record material for two records. Such endeavors are never easy, for mental and emotional release often requires a major shift in mindset. Instead of reaching outward for such release, one must find a way to reach within. These are the moments in which music becomes most valuable as a positive force for self-healing, and this album not only exemplifies the degree to which Elkhorn was able to make the necessary mental adjustments, it also serves as a tool for listeners to use in their own lives. In a pandemic year of isolation and turmoil, we are often left to our own devices to see ourselves through each day. The Acoustic Storm Sessions provides the kind of deep listening experience that can help transcend the noise and tumult of everyday life and make the necessary reach inward that much easier.

Formed in 2013, Elkhorn has released six albums and toured both coasts and the midwest. This is their first collaboration with Centripetal Force and Cardinal Fuzz.

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released October 2, 2020

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Elkhorn New York, New York

Guitar duo featuring Jesse Sheppard on twelve-string acoustic and Drew Gardner on electric, interweaving the extended folk tradition with psychedelic improvisation, moving freely from pre-rock to post-rock and beyond. The Acoustic Storm Sessions also features Turner Williams (Ramble Tamble, Guardian Alien). ... more

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