ELENI DRAKE announces new EP and shares new single "Singing Elvis (Part II)"
LISTEN, "Singing Elvis (Part II)":
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LISTEN / EMBED, "Singing Elvis" full track on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/r8bhNDYLpdE
PRE-SAVE, 'Above Deep Water' EP:
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"The British singer-songwriter has successfully captured the beachy, cosmic energy the record’s name seems to indicate"
Consequence
"A compulsive set of songs laced in spacey twang... there’s a touch of David Lynch about its zonk-blues melancholia"
The Arts Desk
"Gentle, heartfelt and dazzling...brimming with intricate musicianship and devastating lyricism"
Wonderland Magazine
"Opaque R&B elements intermingle with touches of jazz, with Drake utilising warming, analogue tones throughout. A soft, supple piece of songwriting... "
CLASH Magazine
"Bewilderingly good... strikingly minimal arrangement that blooms with delicate keys"
The Line of Best Fit
"Immersed in sunny melancholy, all blissed out dispositions...evoking the likes of Faye Webster and Lana Del Rey"
Beats Per Minute
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(1st August) London-based British/Greek singer-songwriter & producer Eleni Drake has announced her new EP 'Above Deep Water' - out 27th September on MNRK (Jelani Blackman, Delilah Montagu). Along with the EP announcement, Eleni has revealed new single "Singing Elvis (Part II)" - the third taste of the project following "Let it Go and Let it Be" and "Daisy (Keep My Sweater)".
Arriving in the wake of glowing endorsements for her performances at The Great Escape and SXSW festivals earlier this year, new EP 'Above Deep Water' - self-produced by Eleni in collaboration with Frank Colucci (Ashnikko, Sea Girls, Art School Girlfriend) - pulls influence from acts including Billie Holiday and Mazzy Star, to Cleo Sol and Yazmin Lacey; a resolute and refreshing timelessness married to boldly modern sensibilities.
Lyrically, Eleni notes: "'Above Deep Water' opens up about the desolate feelings that come from moving through life alone. But it talks about the freedom, the understanding, the acceptance, and the revelry that comes with being alone too.”
Newly released single "Singing Elvis (Part II)" captures those intense emotions "Oh I just want to be alone / watch me run from everything and everyone" and bottles them within an arresting two minutes of freeing, breathtaking indie-soul.
Going into more detail on the inspiration behind "Singing Elvis", Eleni said:
“Singing Elvis is a 2 part story, if you will. The first half of the song is all the sweet elements to a relationship, where things are going well, romance is in full bloom, the stars come out to dance “just for you two”.
Part II is where the inevitable happens: things don't go as hoped for, people change in relationships - they grow up, or grow out of the relationship, and the lyrics pretty much explain my need and desire to be alone. I felt pretty exhausted thinking ‘I'm not doing things right’, or simply not pleasing where I can, so, fuck it. Leave me alone - I'd rather be alone than have to live with constant."
Upcoming EP 'Above Deep Water' arrives following Eleni's acclaimed self-produced and self-released 2023 project 'Surf the Sun'. Balancing the curiosity and creativity of Adrianne Lenker, Faye Webster and Julien Baker, with the emotion and grandeur of Lana Del Rey, 'Surf The Sun' was a collection of songs rooted in the discovery of freedom and empowerment; an ode to the lightness and breeze that comes from freeing yourself of ties, letting go of the things that no longer serve you, and stepping into the warmth.
If 'Surf the Sun' was indeed the sun, Eleni says, her new EP is the moon. It’s the flip-side of the coin — exploring the shadows that wait for you to find them no matter where you’ve wandered, the pain that solitude eventually forces you to stare in the eye. Both of these collections are tied to each other; for Eleni Drake, both needed to exist.
To date Eleni Drake's work has received high-praise from esteemed publications including The Line Of Best Fit, CLASH Magazine, Consequence, The Independent, The Arts Desk, La Blogotheque, Wonderland Magazine and more, with over 30 million streams across her catalogue to date.
Eleni Drake's new EP 'Above Deep Water' is out 27th September on MNRK. New single "Singing Elvis (Part II)" is out now. Eleni Drake and her band play at St Martins in the Fields Church in London on August 29th supporting alt-country/Americana artist Jess Williamson and headline The Castle Hotel in Manchester in November.
'Above Deep Water' EP artwork & track list
1. Orange Velvet
2. Singing Elvis (Part I)
3. Singing Elvis (Part II)
4. White Rain
5. A Spotless Mind
6. Daisy (Keep My Sweater)
7. Swim
8. Let it Go and Let It Be
LIVE DATES
29 August - St Martins in the Fields Church, London (supporting Jess Williamson)
20 November - The Castle Hotel, Manchester (Headline)
Follow, Eleni Drake
Instagram: @elenidrake
YouTube: @EleniDrake
