Granfalloon Releases The Elephant

27 August, 2019
Written by Marky Edison

‘The Elephant’ is the new single from innovative folktronica artist, Granfalloon.A bewitching cut that expresses an irrepressible notion of feeling overwhelmed, ‘The Elephant’ is the second track to emerge from the Manchester collective’s second album, RGB, set to be released this October on vinyl and digital.Directed by Joko Mono in Heidelberg, Germany, 'The Elephant’ is also accompanied with an artful new video, in-part influenced by expressionist films of the 1920s.

Lyrically, ‘The Elephant’ finds Lomax musing on the worldly advice imparted to us by our mothers; so often indispensable, but so often shrouded in oddball expressions that may conceal that moral pearl within.Sung bi-lingually in English and German, the track celebrates Granfalloon’s own pan-European makeup. "Man kann sich nicht jeden Schuh anziehen / Wer über Wasser geht, der muss Barfuß gehn" sings frontman Richard Lomax, a German phrase that heeds the warning: "You cannot wear all of the shoes / Who wants to walk on water must do so barefoot".

Granfalloon is the musical project of Manchester based artist and producer Richard Lomax. Lomax makes a hybrid of lo-fi folk, experimental music, and electronica - weaving oddball elements, such as omnichords, acoustic guitars, and vintage drum loops, into dreamy songs and cinematic soundscapes.

RGB was recorded in Manchester between John Ellis' Limefield Studio, WR Audio, and their own studio, The Dogan. They worked with producer Andrew Glassford (One Little Atlas), and Australian electronic artist/producer Jack Prest (Jonti/Sampa The Great), with Lomax producing as well. Liverpool star Natalie McCool also provides guest vocals on the track: ‘Objects of Love’.

No stranger to big stages, Lomax has been invited to play shows alongside the likes of We Are Scientists, Frightened Rabbit, Emma Pollock, The Burning Hell, and The Wave Pictures. Now, after a Summer of high profile festival shows inc. Dot To Dot and Bluedot, plus a European tour that has seen the band play to the crowds of Germany, Belgium, France, and Italy; Granfalloon will be touring RGB with a string of UK shows across the nation.