One Song

Elephant Stone

The Devil's Shelter

Joel Frieders | October 28, 2015

I love songs that immediately make me feel like I'm being chased. Not that I actually enjoy being pursued, unless it's by all the paparazzi when I'm trying to get my kids into the car for school (I'm pretty popular in rural areas (I'm also lying)).

But shit, Elephant Stone have crafted such a beautifully and oddly classical and intense chase-scene-tastic vibe with "The Devil's Shelter" that I'm now curious as to how the rest of their sound shapes up. I mean, after three listens I'm hearing so many fucking layers to this shit besides what's up front. 

The sitar in the background takes the level of apprehension and douses it with this almost magical sheen, and those fucking strings, holy jesus balls on a holey ball of jesuses (jesusi?) this is a James Bond movie without the horrible ass ideas for a major motion fucking picture. I'm not on drugs (yet) but this song feels like I'm sitting in a side car on a motorcycle that's being chased by a guy with throat armor. 

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY FOLKS, WHO WEARS ARMOR ON THEIR THROATS THESE DAYS?!?!

Well fuck, ask Elephant Stone, I'm just the white guy jamming out at work to this shit, they're obviously the assholes who have wronged some criminal dynasty or throat armored mafia or syndicate of evil. 

I'm going to request more Elephant Stone music, I just hope that their criminal activities don't come back to haunt me. Well, unless there's seductresses in this movie they're scoring.