Louis Eliot and the Embers

Following on from the joyous, folksy sound of Kittow’s Moor, a new kind of Louis Eliot & the Embers is about to emerge just in time for 2015’s festival season.  

If Kittow’s Moor was misty-eyed about a bucolic past, with its accordion and fiddle vibe, the pared-down, grittier feel of Louis Eliot’s new material has a touch of late 70s/early 80s Elvis Costello about it. Nods towards Americana come via new wave inspired guitar pop. There are hints of a young Tom Petty alongside the junkyard rockabilly of Tom Waits; the power pop of The Nerves and the jukebox eclecticism of Mink Deville. Imagine the attitude of a Stiff Records 45 rebooted for the 6 Music era.  Lyrically, the new songs address the harsher truths and realities of life, underpinned by a wry smile, but what links the band’s previous incarnation with this new one is Louis Eliot’s unstinting belief in the potential brilliance of the three-minute pop song and his absolute mastery of the form.  

With Bob Wilson on drums and backing vocals, and new member, Josie Boucharde on bass, Louis Eliot & the Embers will be raising the roof in all sorts of places this summer, so catch them if you can.