LUCKY ELEPHANT - REVEREND TISLEY & HIS MAGIC LANTERN - 19 Oct '09 "Perfect summer festival fare" Q Mag "Sun-kissed bitter sweetness" Uncut Rocking along with ambling gate and buoyant Wurlitzer riff, Reverend Tisley & His Magic Lantern is the new single from critically acclaimed Sunday Best outfit Lucky Elephant. Released 12th October on digital, with some wonderful new B sides, and 19th October on 7" vinyl... Download links - iTunes  |  Amazon-mp3 Buy 7" - Sunday Best Webshop  |  Juno  |  HMV The fantastical tale of 19th Century East London character Reverend Tisley - his excessive drinking, fortune telling and his mythic magic lantern - is joyful Lucky Elephant fair; invested with the same dusty production and melodic invention of their debut album Starsign Trampoline, lauded upon its release last month. The Reverend's adventures are played out in Ruth Barrett's wonderfully quirky stop-motion animation video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTAIxv6JqA The 7" comes backed with Edgar while the digital bundle includes a poignant new version of When You Fall To Earth (Local League of Pacifists edit) complete with some samples from the Vietnam War 'field recordings' of US soldier Michael Baronowski that portray the bleak humour of someone facing death. An alternate take on album track Red Ties and a wonderful Sunday Best remix of Neptune, complete the package. Recorded from start to finish on 2" analogue tape, Lucky Elephant's debut long player Starsign Trampoline is a lovingly produced and naturally resonant debut, characterised by breezy analogue sounds and the striking vocals of French singer Manu. Amidst the burr of sun blasted echo tapes, Wurlitzer, and Harmonium, Manu plays with images of a rural idyll juxtaposed with the reality of a metropolitan home. Album Reviews: "A celestial debut, brooding with integrity and creativity" NME 8/10 "Perfect summer festival fare" Q "Your endless summer starts here"  UNCUT "An excellent addition to your summer soundtrack" THE SUNDAY TIMES "A beguiling strangeness – odd yet lovable" THE SUN "Not to be missed, this is essential summer listening!" M8 www.myspace.com/luckyelephantmusic «Back