Elefant: The Black Magic Show

Inspired by New York City after 4 a.m., Elefant’s sophomore release, The Black Magic Show, invokes a dark world of late nights, early mornings, lost lovers and drowned dreams. Brooding, jigsaw guitar underscores the bleak, emotionally raw lyrical longing at every corner. Jagged and cavernous, Elefant paints a moody, intoxicating world that is, even at its brightest, often cold and isolated; where morning comes too early for sobriety (“Sirens”), where lonely hearts are crying (“Brazil”), and where party-goers refuse to leave, even when the city is ready to shut its eyes (