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thank you so much to elliott's family and felice for sharing with us information about the upcoming and anticapated release of 'from a basement on the hill.' 15 of elliott's final songs will be released on october 19th by the indie label, anti- records, who have also released music by tom waits and nick cave.
the album brings together songs that elliott worked on while on tour for the figure 8 tour in 2000 to the work he did in his own studio, new monkey, in 2003. with the help of rob schnapf and joanna bolme, who mixed the album, elliott's family, loved ones and friends over the years were able to finalize the album recently and here is the final tracklisting for the record:
coast to coast
let's get lost
pretty (ugly before)
don't go down
strung out again
fond farewell
king's crossing
ostriches & chirping
twilight
a passing feeling
last hour
shooting star
memory lane
little one
a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free
elliott did play most of these songs live at one point of his career and pretty (ugly before) will be the same version as the 7″ single that was released in 2003 by suicide squeeze. last hour though might be the fan named, make it over while the music/lyrics for ostriches & chirping and twilight might have never been heard in any form until now. the album also includes guest appearance by elliott's friends and loved ones. steven drodz and aaron sperske played drums and two unknown poetic men spoke on „coast to coast.“ elliott's tour mates on the figure 8 tour: sam coomes played bass and sang backup, scott mcpherson played drums, and aaron embry played keyboards on „pretty (ugly before).“ finally, fritz michaud, whom elliott recorded with in 2003 at new monkey, played a drum track on „king's crossing.“
the artwork includes the nice tradition (except for xo) of having elliott's handwriting on the record and includes cut out type by autumn dewilde who also did artwork for figure 8. the cd booklet will also include photos by renaud monfourny, paul heartfield, dominic disaia and elliott's sister, ashley welch. above is the album cover. as you can see as well, the album is now confirmed to be 'from a basement on the hill' and not 'songs from a basement on the hill.'
hopefully as we come closer to the release of the record we will learn more about the record and the work elliott's friends and family did on it to bring it together and what the future has in store in elliott's memory. thank you to them. i can't imagine the sacrifice it took by everyone to release this record in elliott's memory. hopefully i can speak for a lot of people and say that we are so thankful that you all would share them with us and we will cherish them always. well, if we get anymore information about the release of the record including the promotion of it, we will try to post them asap. don't forget: october 19, 2004. also please check out mtv.com. they have a news story about the record as well! (7.15.04)
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