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Songs of Praise and Sorrow: Elvis Perkins. "I experience music to be a magic liquid, or magic substance, with mostly healing properties. And it might be misused or mixed badly, but all things can be. Or in the hands of the wrong doctor, it can make somebody sick. But I believe in the sanctity and the power and the magic of the stuff. And the ( Read more... )

Under the Radar (New Zealand). "He's going to just be happy and sad and goddamn it, he's going to be done with it - unabashed in the mixture of his emotions."

Express Night Out. "It was pretty grueling. We pretty much said yes to everything and did everything. I wasn't then and I'm not sure I am even now fully used to the touring lifestyle, and ( Read more... )

An oldie but a goodie: WNYC's Soundcheck interviews El about a year before XL released Ash Wednesday.

"Elvis Perkins in Dearland Celebrates the General Through the Specific" “I often don’t recognize my life anymore. It’s the David Byrne moment, ‘How did I get here? Is this my beautiful van? Is this my beautiful band?’”

"Elvis Perkins' music sends listeners to a better place". "It's a collection of really talented, top-notch gentlemen, which may ( Read more... )

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Singer Elvis Perkins is a Man of Mysteries. On the In Dearland sleeve art: “Well, we’re back at the mysteries, aren’t we? I think it’s good that you can’t figure it out and I wouldn’t want to figure it out for you. It strikes me sometimes as a square bell or an exploding horn. Maybe a singing frog. Perhaps something to do with vampires.”

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Elvis Perkins Comes To Grips With His Past -- And Himself. There's something appealing and attractive about the kind of raw wilderness of dreams, which has long-captivated painters, moviemakers and songwriters, and I'm sure forever will.

Elvis Perkins Tries to Move Out of the Darkness. To this day, I sometimes think, wouldn't it be nice if I ( Read more... )

Elvis Perkins in Dearland is WERS's Album of the Month! Read all about it (and hear an interview with the man himself) here.

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