“…labyrinthine, colossally heavy instru-metal… a prime example of how a mere duo can make musical mathematics metallically menacing.” – Alternative Press
“…a drug-induced heavy metal journey…” – The Aquarian
“Extreme progressive metal. Everything is perfected. This isn’t jam out get-wasted music, but focused the way a classical piece is constructed and performed.” – Sludgelord
“These two, short pieces of music are complex, playful, noisy, psychoactive, and will keep you tripping for days.” – American Aftermath
“Dissonant, spasmodic, unbalanced, lopsided, crooked, skewed, whatever; one thing is for sure: With only Seven Inches from A Fucking Elephant, two tracks are nowhere near enough. More please.” – The Midlands Rocks
“Where many bands are ushering in tones of the future, A Fucking Elephant stays with a primal and more primitive energy state, lashing out a megaton blast of weight with their complex melodic and rhythm sequences.” – Sound Colour Vibration
“…notes falling over themselves like babies in a cement mixer… [A Fucking Elephant] recall the heady days of early-90’s alternative before it turned introverted and buried itself in gloom and they resonate with the simple joy of making music because they can – no hype, no bullshit pressure, and no unnatural digital gloss. This is rock music as it should be.” – Sonic Abuse
“The erratic, jazz-syncopated and caustic shrapnel that’s lovingly carved into the grooves of Seven Inches, the new 2-song single from New Jersey’s A Fucking Elephant, is the type of scattered violence one hopes for when confronted with a song title like “I’m Addicted to Drugs & Sex and I Want You to Choke Me.”” – Stereo Killer
“This two-track seven-inch from New Jersey duo A Fucking Elephant packs a heck of a punch in all of its seven minutes. […] It will be interesting to see what A Fucking Elephant will do the next time they give themselves a little more time and space so that we can have a proper one night stand. Until then, the quick shag in a club bathroom that is Seven Inches will have to do.” – Exclaim! Magazine
Side A - "I’m Addicted to Drugs and Sex and I Want You to Choke Me"
Side B - "A Bunch of Good Looking Roundeyes"
A Fucking Elephant is Matt and Greg
Recorded, mixed and marstered by Colin Marston at The Thousand Caves, Woodhaven, NY / thethousandcaves.com
Design and layout by Eric Nyffeler / Doe Eyed / doe-eyed.com
Play this record at 45 rpm
The Philly trio have been making technical but not impenetrable instrumental metal for nearly two decades. Their latest shreds, of course. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 8, 2016
