Elvis Depressedly
US rock group
Elvis Depressedly are an American experimental pop project from Asheville, North Carolina. The band consists of former Coma Cinema frontman Mat Cothran and various collaborators. They have released eight records and several EPs.
Their music has been described as "evoking [...] childhood nights fraught with existential dread" and has been likened to the earlier music of Ariel Pink and Elliott Smith.
History
Formation, Early EPs, and Run for Cover
Elvis Depressedly was formed in 2011 in Columbia, South Carolina, originally as a way for Cothran to explore his Bowie-esque alter ego of "Mickey", referenced in the early EPs as a way for him to confront and examine his fears and anxieties.
The band debuted with the self-release of the five-track EP Save the Planet Kill Yourself. It was followed by the EP Goner, and the single "Disgraceland" in the same year. In 2012 Cothran played his first show under the name Elvis Depressedly, playing the entirety of the album Mickey's Dead, which was released later that year on Orchid Tapes.
The album was named one of the best free albums of 2012 by The Social. Hotter Sadness was released in October 2012.
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