Longtime local psychedelic folk titan Elf Power has remixed and remastered its mythological 1997 album, When the Red King Comes. The album features a number of other notable Athens music figures, including Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum, of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes and Mercyland’s David Barbe. Elf Power guitarist and vocalist Andrew Rieger says the songs on the re-release version have a “new clarity, though they still retain the warm fuzziness inherent in their home-recorded 8 track cassette conception.” The reissue of the record will be available on limited edition red vinyl with a bonus 7-inch with two previously unreleased tracks. Many songs from the album will be performed at this celebratory show alongside special guests joining the band on stage. It will be opened by Giant Day, a new outfit formed by former Athenians Emily Growden (M Coast, The Instruments and Faster Circuits) and Derek Almstead (Elf Power, of Montreal, Olivia Tremor Control, Marshmallow Coast, Faster Circuits).
WHO: Elf Power, Giant Day
WHEN: Saturday, Apr. 27, 9 p.m.
WHERE: Nowhere Bar
HOW MUCH: $15
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