EL VY
| EL VY | |
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EL VY in concert
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | 4AD |
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| Website | http://www.elvy.co/ |
| Members |
Matt Berninger Brent Knopf |
EL VY is an American indie rock collaboration between Matt Berninger (lead vocalist of The National) and Brent Knopf (founding member of Ramona Falls and Menomena). The duo released their debut album, Return to the Moon, in October 2015.
Berninger and Knopf met when The National and Menomena shared a bill in Portland, Oregon on October 24, 2003 at Holocene. The two became friends and kept in touch, periodically playing gigs together in subsequent years.
The project released its debut studio album, Return to the Moon, in October 2015, which Berninger, inspired by both Grease and We Jam Econo, imagined "as a sort of punk rock musical following the adventures of Didi and Michael — named after the Minutemen's D. Boon and Mike Watt." EL VY tours as a four-piece, with Matt Sheehy on bass guitar and Andy Stack on drums.
On the morning of January 11, 2016 the death of David Bowie was announced. That evening, EL VY was scheduled to perform their single "Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Blume to Sing, with Crescendo)" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. At the last minute, they decided to pay tribute to Bowie by collaborating on a second song with Colbert's house band, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, on Bowie's "Let's Dance".
In October 2016, EL VY contributed a song and videogame to Dave Eggers' 30 Days, 50 Songs project, entitled "Are These My Jets".
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