Elkhorn are Jesse Sheppard and Drew Gardner, a couple of freakwheelin' guitarists who've been floating around the TSMM blog, playlists & auditory cortex for a while now. Hailing from New York, they've been developing an impressive line in psychedelic folk rock that explores those cosmic backwaters that are increasingly obscured by today's VC controlled corporate blandness, constantly tickles your serotonin receptors to help lift the social media fog and has a hippy trail honouring spiritual dimension that offers hope for the future, if only enough people tune in and turn on.
The LP comes on a bit stronger at the start to sort out the heads from the chino wearers, before gradually mellowing and becoming more mystical as it unhurriedly evolves; overdubbed layer by layer with perfectly judged, familiar and further flung instrumental patterns that you're average San Francisco septuagenarian would surely approve of. If their multi-instrumental ability wasn't enough they've even dragged in fellow tripper Jesse Sparhawk to add some pedal steel and lever harp depth to the already rich tapestry.
Dig out the vape or dust off the bong depending on your age and let your freak folk flag fly.
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