flagpole.jpgThe latest issue of Flagpole has an in-depth article on Elf Power’s new album In a Cave, and talks to Andrew Rieger and Jimmy Hughes about the creation of the album’s unique sound.  There’s a lot of discussion, in particular, of Rieger’s unusual collaboration with Eric Harris:

Harris’s tape organ compositions also allowed Rieger to experiment with a different style of songwriting. On a 12-hour drive to his mother’s house in Louisiana last summer, Rieger says, he listened to almost nothing but Harris’s tracks, coming up with vocal melodies and lyrics as he sped down the highway. “It probably wasn’t the safest thing, but I was scrawling down lyrics as I was driving,” he says. “That was definitely a different way for me to approach songwriting, ‘cause I usually just write by myself on acoustic [guitar].”

You can read the full article here.

Also, just a reminder that The Apples in Stereo’s Electronic Projects for Musicians is in stores today!