Ellevator share “Sacred Heart”
Ellevator
Share new single
“Sacred Heart”
Debut album: The Words You Spoke Still Move Me – May 6, 2022 via Arts & Crafts
North American tour with dates in New York, SXSW and Toronto this Spring
“Wall-to-wall drums, gravely guitars, and synth flashes paint a euphoric sonic wash akin to Metric’s Synthetica, early Local Natives, or San Fermin” – FLOOD Magazine “… offers plenty of different paths on which to embark, whether one favors the slinky, dark guitar rock of Spoon or the ever-changing sonic landscape of Arcade Fire” – The Line of Best Fit “A sparkling piece of art-pop” – The Needle Drop
The Hamilton, Ontario-based trio, Ellevator are today sharing their new single, “Sacred Heart” – it’s another thrilling installment lifted from their forthcoming debut album, The Words You Spoke Still Move Me which comes produced by ex-Death Cab for Cutie guitarist, Chris Walla (production for Pinegrove, Foxing, Tegan & Sara, etc) and is out via Arts & Crafts on May 6. The new single arrives following earlier tips from NPR, The Needle Drop, Exclaim, FLOOD, The Line of Best Fit, Under the Radar, CBC and more. The band will support the release of the new record with North American dates, including a stop at SXSW later this month – full run of dates below.
Listen to “Sacred Heart” HERE
Ellevator poses a fantastic ability to sculpt these mammoth, melodramatic post-rock and indie-rock soundscapes, somewhat inspired by the late-aughts sounds of Spoon, Metric, Interpol and Arcade Fire, as well as the stadium-ready sounds of U2, Kate Bush and Bruce Springsteen. The new single, “Sacred Heart” explores ideas surrounding young love, commitment and intimacy while blending racing guitar lines – somewhat reminiscent of Springsteen – with driving percussion and piano.
Speaking about the new single, which comes with a live visual directed by Cam Veitch, singer Nabi Sue Bersche says: “This one’s a love song about how intimacy and deep knowing can make it feel like there’s nothing left to discover, and choosing to push on anyway in search of new depths. Ty (guitar) and I got married on a cold spring morning when I was 22 and he was 19. There wasn’t much chance to sell each other on our own myths, to be the mysterious stranger from outta town: we wrote our origin story together. Learning to love each other better has been a strange journey and the great gift of my life.”
When discussing the video, Nabi continues: “We shot, edited, and delivered the whole thing in less than 24 hrs. We’ve made a bunch of videos that I’m proud of but this one touches something special: we wanted to show what it feels like to play live as Ellevator, in all its sublime chaos, and I think we captured the lightning.”
The band, which is comprised of Nabi Sue Bersche, guitarist, Tyler Bersche and bassist/synth player, Elliott Gwynne, will deliver on the promise of their self-titled 2018 EP with their long-awaited debut album. The record was pieced together across numerous locations but primarily while living together at The Bathouse (a Kingston-area facility owned by Canadian alt-rock legends The Tragically Hip) and comes off the back of earlier dates with Amber Run, BANNERS, Cold War Kids, Arkells and Dear Rouge. Across 12 tracks, it inhabits an emotional landscape that is both breathtakingly intimate and impossibly vast, documenting various experiences to turn universal (existential longing, romantic power struggles, the neverending work of true self-discovery) and highly specific (e.g., one band member’s journey in extracting herself from a cult) storytelling into a truly hypnotic body of work, giving rise to the kind of radiant open-heartedness that radically transforms our own perspective.
You can pre-order The Words You Spoke Still Move here
North American dates
Mar 15 | SXSW, Austin, TX @ Icenhauer’s, 83 Rainey St (6pm – 6:40pm CT)
Mar 17 | SXSW, Austin, TX @ Esther’s Follies (Offical Showcase – 12am – 12:40am CT)
Mar 22 | Nashville, TN @ The End
Mar 24 | Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Mar 25 | Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
Mar 26 | Washington, DC @ Pie Shop
Mar 27 | Philadelphia, PA @ Silk City
Mar 29 | New York City, NY @ Berlin
May 18 | Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow Room
May 19 | Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz
May 20 | Oshawa, ON @ Stage 44
May 21 | Guelph, ON @ Onyx
May 25 | St. Catherines, ON @ Warehouse
May 26 | London, ON @ Rum Runners
May 27 | Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks
May 28 | Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe
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Ellevator
The Words You Spoke Still Move Me
Out via Arts & Crafts
May 6, 2022
1. Claws
2. Easy
3. The City
4. Charlie IO
5. Sacred Heart
6. Slip
7. The Prism
8. Mother
9. Creatures
10. Better
11. STAR
12. Party Trick
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