elison are an indie rock duo from Des Moines, Iowa consisting of Marissa Kephart and Scott Yoshimura. After decades dreaming of recording music, 2020/21 offered Kephart the time and space to finally realise the ambition. When Kephart took demos to Yoshimura, the pair discovered their influences and creative sensibilities were in harmony, and set to creating a sound inspired by the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Broken Social Scene and Slow Pulp.
Last autumn saw the release of the debut elison single, ‘Meet Me Halfway’, introducing the band’s distinctive balance between tender emotion and gauzy soundscapes. The new year sees them return with the follow-up single, ‘Hopes & Horoscopes’. Again self-reflective, the track sees Kephart confront bad habits and vices, from mourning unrealised dreams to becoming lost in superstition or introspection. But rather than become paralysed beneath these confessions, elison ramp up the energy and burn through with fleet-footed confidence, rediscovering agency in the act of owning one’s less desired behaviours.
I’ve been missing people I’ve never met
I’ve been holding tight to my last regret
I’ve been stuck here living in my past
Never thinking anything will ever last
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‘Hopes & Horoscopes’ is out now and available from the elison Bandcamp page.
