Elm / “DOG”
LABEL: Bronson Recordings
CONTACT: info@bronsonproduzioni.com
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BIO
Small towns in the countryside are all obstinately the same wherever you go: loneliness, abjection, rage. From a godforsaken place, the volume abusers in ELM tell their tales with languages and images of the American Bible Belt; a land of obsessed preachers, and sleazy moralism; cradle of inveterate losers, and alienation.
On their new album Dog, ELM wanders places lost somewhere between reality and imagination; Swamps and deserts where God is just a mere memory that leaves only a pale reflection, a dark and distorted echo that fosters the need for the absolute of irredeemable Sinners who live under the burden of their stories. They are stories from the darkest places of our society that nobody wants to tell; stories that need no judgement, where the outcasts end up unsurprisingly all in the same way; stories told through killer riffs and nasty plots by four respectable members of the community, who live the honest and relaxed small-town life.
Dog was tracked live at ELM’s rehearsal studio in April 2017 and includes a cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” Holed up in their den, they used no outside producers or studio trickery. Dog is dirty, sharp, crushing, no frills rock ’n’ roll, constantly overloaded never underestimated. Mastering was taken care of by Ettore Dordo from Hubsolut Studio in Cuneo, Italy to bring the sound over the maximum impact level.
Dog will see release via Italy’s Bronson Recordings on CD, LP, and digital formats on October 20th in Italy and the rest of Europe and December 12th worldwide. The vinyl edition will be limited to 500 copies with 100 on marble wax and 400 on standard black.
DOG was recorded live at Elm’s rehearsal studio in April 2017. Mixing process came immediately after. Elm used every piece of their instruments taking every single sound to the extreme limit . Holed up in their den, they used no producer from outside, since they already knew exactly the sound of DOG: a dirty, sharp crushing rock’n’roll, constantly overloaded.
Ettore Dordo from Hubsolut Studio from Cuneo (IT) took care of the mastering process with a clear hint: bring the sound over the maximum impact level.
Enjoy the Cult.
All Songs by ELM
Except “Folsom Prison Blues” Written by Johnny Cash
Recorded and mixed at ELM’s Rehearsal Room in april 2017
Mastered by Ettore Dordo at HUBsolut Studio, Cuneo (IT)
REVIEWS:
“Questa band ha l’innata capacità di assemblare il caos e renderlo secco, spietato e soprattutto attuale, per una rivincita Made in Italy che ci si augura non essere ancora e soltanto estemporanea.”BLOW UP
“Macelleria messicana della più bieca, benedetta da una sobrietà autoimposta che potrebbe portare il logo AmpRep sul retro del CD e che in tempi di magra come questi fa quasi gridare al miracolo” RUMORE
“gli Elm abbattono i muri con una precisione e una conoscenza dei propri mezzi che impressiona per lucidità, menano forte ma lo fanno con la consapevolezza di chi conosce i colpi di un’arte marziale che segue regole ben precise, ma che sa eseguire con naturalezza e fluidità. Caldamente consigliati” The New Noise
“Bring to mind something a screaming Nick Oliveri might conjure in blown-out, thickened punk.” The Obelisk
“Their record is so noisy, overdriven, disorganized, and a pure joy to listen to. The music is so fuzzy, it makes you feel like you are chewing on a mitten. And I love it” Bloody God Music #10 on top of 2017
“Direttamente sul podio delle proposte italiane 2017.” Sbrang
“Insomma, solo ed esclusivamente calci in bocca senza il minimo cedimento o il minimo pentimento: tutto straight in your face, come se il giorno del giudizio fosse veramente arrivato e fosse necessario sputare fuori tutto al più presto” Sentireascoltare
“Quando spingi play gli Elm ti hanno già chiuso nel baule di un’Impala nera, legato mani e piedi, tappato la bocca con lo scotch da pacchi” Neuroni
“Prendete le atmosfere dei migliori Helmet, l’impatto dei primi Fluxus, il suono di alcune band della gloriosa Vacation House come i Jinx o i Crunch, qualche elemento delle prime e migliori L7 (con una qualità tecnica però decisamente migliore per gli Elm) e mischiate il tutto: otterrete un micidiale mix di vigore e furia musicale che difficilmente potranno lasciarvi indifferenti.” WhipArt
BAND DISCOGRAPHY:
Elm/Dog
BAND PIC.
