Just back from a weeks of nonstop shows at SXSW in Austin, Hills Like Elephants will be celebrating the release of the sophomore album, Feral Flocks (Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis), on Friday, March 29 at Bar Pink with Barbarian and Keith Sweaty.
The video for the single Ninjavitus depicts a day in the life of the soulful indie five-piece hustling their name on the streets of North Park, stopping by Fat Boy's Deli, getting kicked off of Bar Pink's porch, and partying like gangstars all night long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0l8unGEHq8
The album title comes from a prerecorded zoo segment that frontman Sean Davenport overheard while interviewing with FM 94/9 host Tim Pyles and refers to lost birds of prey forming feral flocks to migrate home.
There’s a metaphor in there somewhere, Davenport told the Reader in December, disclaiming: “I’m not trying to be profound. Like, if I wouldn’t say it to you at a bar, I won’t say it lyrically. I’m not going to start spouting poetry.”
Davenport says Feral Flocks strikes an upbeat contrast to the laments of his debut release.
“On Endless Charade, I was harping on the idea of past relationships, but I was also trying to move on,” Davenport says. “Feral Flocks is more about noticing the subtleties of life.”
Just back from a weeks of nonstop shows at SXSW in Austin, Hills Like Elephants will be celebrating the release of the sophomore album, Feral Flocks (Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis), on Friday, March 29 at Bar Pink with Barbarian and Keith Sweaty.
The video for the single Ninjavitus depicts a day in the life of the soulful indie five-piece hustling their name on the streets of North Park, stopping by Fat Boy's Deli, getting kicked off of Bar Pink's porch, and partying like gangstars all night long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0l8unGEHq8
The album title comes from a prerecorded zoo segment that frontman Sean Davenport overheard while interviewing with FM 94/9 host Tim Pyles and refers to lost birds of prey forming feral flocks to migrate home.
There’s a metaphor in there somewhere, Davenport told the Reader in December, disclaiming: “I’m not trying to be profound. Like, if I wouldn’t say it to you at a bar, I won’t say it lyrically. I’m not going to start spouting poetry.”
Davenport says Feral Flocks strikes an upbeat contrast to the laments of his debut release.
“On Endless Charade, I was harping on the idea of past relationships, but I was also trying to move on,” Davenport says. “Feral Flocks is more about noticing the subtleties of life.”