ELENI DRAKE releases new EP 'Above Deep Water'

Eleni Drake releases new EP 'Above Deep Water' - out now via MNRK

Stream 'Above Deep Water' EP HERE

– Headline dates in London and Manchester & UK/EU tour dates supporting flipturn this November

LISTEN, 'Above Deep Water' EP:
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"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

"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

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(27th September) London-based British/Greek singer-songwriter Eleni Drake today releases new 8-track EP 'Above Deep Water' via MNRK (Jelani Blackman, Delilah Montagu) - following previous tasters "Singing Elvis (Part II)" "Let it Go and Let it Be" and "Daisy (Keep My Sweater)".

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.”

All of 'Above Deep Water' is tinged with a bitter yet righteous sadness; Drake’s lyrics tell a tale of growing wise enough to leave yet wishing you were naive enough to stay. There’s an unnerving quality to the steady dynamics at play, like an unflinching gaze held. 

New 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.

Eleni Drake received plaudits for her performances at The Great Escape and SXSW festivals earlier this year, and her releases to date have received high-praise from esteemed tastemakers 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 now - released 27th September on 12" vinyl and digitally via MNRK - available here. Eleni Drake headlines Camden Assembly in London on 19th November and The Castle Hotel in Manchester on 20th November. Eleni tours with flipturn this 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

November (* supporting flipturn)

12 Berlin, Frannz Club*
13 Hamburg, Molotow*
14 Koln, MTC*
16 Paris, Supersonic* - SOLD OUT
18 London, The Lower Third* - SOLD OUT
19 London, Camden Assembly (Headline)
20 Manchester, The Castle Hotel (Headline)
21 Manchester, Night & Day* - SOLD OUT
 

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