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Elvis Perkins has had as colourful a life and upbringing as it is filled with tragedy and mourning. Elvis's father Anthony Perkins was famous for his role as Norman Baites in Hitchcock's Psycho. Anthony was quite open about his bisexuality and had two sons with Elvis's mother Berry. Unfortunately Anthony sadly died in 1992 from AIDS aged 60. Berry Perkins was a famous photographer and model in New York until sadly at age 53 she was returning back to New York on American Airlines flight 11 on September 11th 2001 which was one of the planes that crashed into the twin towers. Elvis Perkins music on the other hand is full of upbeat and folk like guitar strumming, light brush drums and melancholic lyrics (who can really blame him). I came across Elvis when he was on tour supporting Willy Mason, he has also lead support in America for Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah and Cold War Kids. His debut album Ash Wednesday was released in February this year, and has been put together chronologically with tracks 1 to 6 leading upto his mothers death and 7 to 11 after the tragic events of the 11th. The tracks I have chose are While You Were Sleeping, which was track 1 (to put it into context) and is a lovely bouncy song. The Night and The Liquor is a quite deepset display of the feelings that must of been felt at the time (track 8), and can induce tears!

Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping [Dazzler fave!]
Elvis Perkins - The Night and The Liquor

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