Album artwork for New Alhambra by Elvis Depressedly

In many ways, new alhambra is an auditory homage to what has shaped lead singer Mathew Lee Cothran's life. Its title, as any hardcore pro-wrestling fan will recognize, credits the Philadelphia arena that birthed its most legendary and extreme version of it, and the use of samples from wrestling shows serve as a reference to his upbringing. The album was characteristically made with outdated equipment and limited by only one microphone, with Mike "Dr. Vink" Roberts playing an essential role on bass that enrichens the rockier resonations in comparison to elvis depressedly's previous releases. Cothran and Delaney were constantly on the move during the recording process thanks to their new found career freedom, but none of it takes away from new alhambra fully texturized shift toward brightly melancholic noise-pop inspired by Cothran's favorite unsung heroes such as Waterboys, Prefab Sprout and Emperor X, and in more conventional instances, Elliott Smith and Mac DeMarco.

Elvis Depressedly

New Alhambra

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Album artwork for New Alhambra by Elvis Depressedly
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$9.99

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Released 05/12/2015Catalog Number

CD 402161

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Album artwork for New Alhambra by Elvis Depressedly
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Released 05/12/2015Catalog Number

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Elvis Depressedly

New Alhambra

Run For Cover Records
Album artwork for New Alhambra by Elvis Depressedly
CD

$9.99

CD

Released 05/12/2015Catalog Number

CD 402161

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Album artwork for New Alhambra by Elvis Depressedly
LP

$22.99

LP

Released 05/12/2015Catalog Number

A 402160

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In many ways, new alhambra is an auditory homage to what has shaped lead singer Mathew Lee Cothran's life. Its title, as any hardcore pro-wrestling fan will recognize, credits the Philadelphia arena that birthed its most legendary and extreme version of it, and the use of samples from wrestling shows serve as a reference to his upbringing. The album was characteristically made with outdated equipment and limited by only one microphone, with Mike "Dr. Vink" Roberts playing an essential role on bass that enrichens the rockier resonations in comparison to elvis depressedly's previous releases. Cothran and Delaney were constantly on the move during the recording process thanks to their new found career freedom, but none of it takes away from new alhambra fully texturized shift toward brightly melancholic noise-pop inspired by Cothran's favorite unsung heroes such as Waterboys, Prefab Sprout and Emperor X, and in more conventional instances, Elliott Smith and Mac DeMarco.