Elegant are again with a model new single, “Ensenada,” which marks their first actually unique studio recording with frontman Jakob Nowell. Hear beneath.
“Ensenada” additionally serves as the primary music from the band’s upcoming studio album, their first since 1996’s self-titled LP. “Ensenada and the brand new music we’re engaged on is impressed by previous Elegant materials,” Jakob mentioned in a press release. “You may’t match one thing from that 90s period – it was such a second in time. This appears like an epilogue, a thanks to the entire followers and everybody who’s supported Elegant. Our purpose with ‘Ensenada’ was to not replicate something, however from my perspective its extra like a tribute to my uncles Bud and Eric and the inspiration they provide me. It’s natural and we’ve got a very good time. We did a bunch of jams, dove into the previous catalog, and the extra it felt like enjoyable—throwing all of it collectively and seeing what sticks—the extra we knew that was the best transfer. Creating real music that displays your life and instances… folks faucet into that, and you then go searching and understand, wow, take a look at all of the love we’ve discovered.”
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The brand new monitor follows “Really feel Like That,” a collaborative launch with Stick Determine, that includes vocals from each Jakob and his late father and Elegant’s unique singer, Bradley Nowell. Together with Jakob Nowell, Elegant’s present lineup consists of unique members Eric Wilson (bass) and Bud Gaugh (drums).
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Again in March of this 12 months, Elegant introduced that they have been engaged on a brand new studio undertaking, and had been writing songs with blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and producer John Feldmann.
“Travis is an old-school fan and scholar of the Elegant catalog,” Nowell defined. “They really feel like members of the family now too, man. There was that feeling from everybody that what we’re doing right here is one thing generational and particular on an emotional, religious, familial stage.”
Elegant have a number of upcoming pageant appearances on the schedule, together with Vans Warped Tour in Lengthy Seaside, CA; Sea.Hear.Now in Asbury Park, NJ; and Shaky Knees in Atlanta, GA. Moreover, they’ll stage a four-day takeover at Park MGM Las Vegas between August 14th and seventeenth. Tickets can be found right here.
Not too long ago, Elegant’s Bud Gaugh appeared on The Story Behind the Tune to share the origins of the band’s basic music “Unsuitable Method.” Hear right here.
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