Eli Las – A Planet Full Of Motels (2004)
- Indie
folk
- Lo-fi
- DIY
- Singer-songwriter
- Improvised music
- Folk indie
- New Weird
Israel
- Psychedelic
- Alternative rock
Comment:
I guess Eli Las' planet could be a nice place with good weather,
intense sunshine and nice and naked women to meet with and populate
the planet. As in the Bible it is said your duty is to multiply and
to exist in masses. Eli Las' duty was to increase the discography of
the Israeli imprint Birdsong. It is an interesting issue mirroring on
the movement of the New Weird and DIY in the 00s. As much as my
cerebral focus could remember for it was a very enthusiastic time
with great hopes and an immense amount of solid music from artists'
bedrooms. Then such great artists of a new generation as Animal
Collective, and Ariel Pink started to appear through the underground
music to build up a new narrative in the indie/alternative pop scene.
By the way, the latter of them is Jewish. Eli Las sings in (new)
Hebrew and in English and manipulates with different styles
(including grunge, coldwave and shoegaze elements) and exploits more
and less electr(on)ic instruments to create something psychedelically
tickling and inferiorly abrasive. In a word, it is an enjoyable
legacy for the passed time.
