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What The Thunder Said

by Elysian Fields

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    releases May 3, 2024

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    Elysian Fields album What The Thunder Said on black vinyl with printed insert and artwork by Pablo Ramella

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Compact Disc wallet version of Elysian Fields album What The Thunder Said with lyrics. Photos by Lance Scott Walker. Cover art by Pablo Ramella

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1.
Half Measures
2.
First Last Wishes
3.
This World Is Just A World
4.
Must Have Meant
5.
Before The Crashing Waves
6.
Know Not Whorl
7.
We're Losing Her
8.
I CAN GIVE YOU THAT I’ve arrived to drop the veil Let the grass grow high as the cattails Shadow of shadows spare the dawn Take it all in before it’s gone It’s hard to trust To take a punch, to be ignored, misunderstood Too many short landings I feel the rush the memory sense The perfect light, the smell of rain And I am here for the taking I can give you that Please take it Pay close attention, soft and rough I’m your redemption, blind man’s bluff Blood on the briars You’ve been bit In the letting you’ll know I’m it I feel the rush the memory sense Some of us smile as if by chance In the expanse where we live it I can give you that Please take it It’s hard to trust, to take a punch, to be ignored To get so close Then find yourself still wanting I feel the rush the memory sense The perfect light, the smell of rain And I’m here for the taking I can give you that Please take it
9.
Changeling
10.
Say You're Sorry
11.
What The Thunder Said
12.
Strawberry Moon

about

Elysian Fields recorded What The Thunder Said in New York with their French rhythm section (Matthieu Lopez and Olivier Pérez) and longtime creative collaborators Ed Pastorini and Thomas Bartlett. James Yost co-produced, recorded and mixed, bringing forth Oren and Jennifer’s sweeping sonic universes while the experience of lives lived in nearly 30 years together as a band are revealed in the lyrics. In that narrative, scattered with images of nature and the urban landscape, EF asks the big questions, mining the canvas of the world around them for the axioms and affections that help to tell the stories only Elysian Fields can conjure. Sometimes through myth, sometimes through the tragicomic, and always through poetry imbued with searching and longing, EF continues to inhabit and reflect back to us the deepest truths of the human experience.

credits

releases May 3, 2024

Jennifer Charles – vocals

Oren Bloedow – guitar

Matthieu Lopez – bass

Olivier Perez – drums


Thomas Bartlett and Ed Pastorini – keys

Dana Lyn – strings/string arrangement on “Crashing Waves”

Adam Minkoff – timpani on “What The Thunder Said”

Sara Schoenbeck – bassoon on “Know Not Whorl”


Produced by Elysian Fields with James Yost

Recorded and mixed by James Yost at Reservoir Studios, NY

Additional recording at Ojet Studios, NY

Executive Producer: Thomas Bartlett

Cover painting: “What The Thunder Said” by Pablo Ramella, 2024

Photo: Keith Sirchio

Art Direction: Ojet Studios

Band photos: Lance Scott Walker

Mastered by Marco Saenz at Saenz Mastering – Houston, TX

All songs (Charles/Bloedow)

except “Know Not Whorl” (Pastorini/Charles/Bloedow)

© ℗ 2024 Elysian Fields

Voluptuous Mind Music (BMI), Lux Perpetua Publishing (BMI)

Write EF c/o Ojet Studios, P.O. Box 1227, Long Island City, NY 11101

www.elysianmusic.com

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Elysian Fields New York

Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow are the writers who make up the critically acclaimed New York band. Cult status, cosmic appeal, since 1995

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