FAMILY ELAN - bow low bright glow LP Guitar Picking and immediately wanted to make

and immediately wanted to make a whole record this way

They formed in 1986 as "Bolthrower" and changed to the commonly known spelling after their first official practise rehearsal demo in December

Songs for Peacock warps our collective musical memory to form a singular & cohesive body of work that defines TJO’s highly personal sonic landscape

Stokes has previously worked in other genres within Auckland’s rich and varied music scene

with songs such as the soaring “360” and By the Hand” touching on deeply personal emotions and making for an intimate listen

FAMILY ELAN - bow low bright glow LP Guitar Picking and immediately wanted to makeFusion is a dirty word, implying clinicism and a dry sense of conscious matchmaking. Bow Low Bright Glow is a more a communal excavation and re presentation of buried European folk and sufi hearted music than any form of experiment. Family Elan are alone in their field. Here, Chris Hladowski has put together a collection of original numbers, visions created from lost found tapes and traditional pieces (including a absolutely gorgeous The BlackPlanets