It's taken nearly four years, but the second Elders of Zion record is officially out. Released by Sounds From the Roof - a terrific new LA label run by Rooftop Promotion's Garo Kuyumcovic - this eight track EP compiles a number of songs we wrote for queer festival porno shot Damnaged, our final pieces recorded with Pansy Division/Plus Ones drummer Luis Illades, and a remix of the Tight Bros From Way Back When's "Show Me," which spent a good number of months housed on the front page of the Kill Rock Stars website before disappearing into the hipster ether.
Like the last Elders record, Dawn Refuses to Rise, Twilight War features a few interesting guests in the sample department. Mixing Ho Chi Minh with a group of Russian Jews recorded at a passover service during the 1950s (saying "next year in Jerusalem" in Yiddish) on album opener "Viet Cong Jerusalem," we have our fair share of fun again employing obscure vocal parts. However, what makes this record distinct from our last is that it is primarily instrumental. The politics, as it were, are carried forth by the tone the songs set rather than by traditional protest music polemics.
Released as an iTunes exclusive, we'll be following up Twilight with a brand new full-length album on SFTR in the fall. Delightfully enough, it'll appear on vinyl as well as CD and downloadable formats. I'm quite excited about producing a vinyl version. By no means an analogue loyalist, (I've been composing music on computers for eleven years), I still prefer the sound of analogue over digital. The former label manager in me is also tickled by the fact that vinyl LPs and 7"s have been going through a sales resurgence over the last several years.
Despite all of this business nonsense, its just nice to have a new record out again.
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