ELLE BELLE RELEASES
“EVERYONE KNOWS (BUT THEY WON’T TELL YOU)” SINGLE
FROM POST EVERYTHING OUT ON NOVEMBER 13
“.... innovative yet infectious, enticing and engaging. It is only a matter time before Pappas becomes a household name…..” - THE REVUE
“Thinly cloaked as his views may be, Pappas offers a fresh take on the nation's social climate while also expanding his sonic territory.” - All Music
LISTEN TO “EVERYONE KNOWS (BUT THEY WON’T TELL YOU)” : HERE
Los Angeles based songwriter and composer Elle Belle has released “Everyone Knows...” the second single from his third full-length album Post Everything due out on November 13th via Little Record Company. "Everyone Knows..." was written about the impossible feat of trying to be everything to everyone and not excelling at any of it. There is so much time spent switching lanes that we end up in the middle of the road and Elle Belle is asking how many of us feel this way? Elle Belle's lyrics are straightforward statements such as .I’m too strange to follow, But not desperate enough to fold I’m too scared to let go, But so miserable in control....and Everybody Knows but they won't tell you." This is a refreshingly honest song in a world where we are consuming life's highlight reels on social media ...instead of the truth. But don't we all feel like this?
“Everyone Knows” is the follow up to the release of the title track, “Post Everything,” a fight song about the internal fight against the dark nihilism that has grown inside us, that x Ghettoblaster Magazine said “Right from the start, the track bursts with thrashing guitar and punching drums, almost reminiscent of the 90s era garage rock staples that we come to know to cherish. “ The song posits that fascism in America came by farce, not by force, and blood is on our keyboards and T.V. remotes.
“The work of Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Christopher Pappas (AKA Elle Belle) mixes the heartland earnestness of The War on Drugs with the bright synth rhythms of M83. The resulting mashup of aesthetics and production would seem to produce a sound that struggles against its own tendencies, but Pappas corrals these various bits of sound into a cohesive whole. It's fascinating to hear and difficult to accurately describe. “ - Nooga
The album Post Everything is about reckonings. Pappas had reached a level of emotional fatigue of the last few years that filled his heart with a deep misanthropic nihilism. Through personal, political, and cultural grieving, these songs rake through the ashes of an era and ask - where do we go from here? Post Everything is a journey through this nihilistic wasteland, and that if we dig deep enough, we can still find droplets of hope.
This album will follow up his debut opus, the sprawling 20 track album Wacko Gumbo that featured Lucius and Misty Boyce (Lord Huron, Sarah Bareilles) and his most release No Signal that received rave reviews for its social commentary and his brilliant mixing of genres from dark pop, to post-punk, synth rock and a hint experimental.
Mixed with a variety of genres; psych-rock, prog, electronic, Elle Belle continues Pappas’ knack for rich, intricate songwriting. He has written music for NASA, composing the soundtracks for the Juno and Rosetta mission official docu-series. He also composed an award-winning musical (“Pope! An Epic Musical”) with the Wall Street Journal praising it, proclaiming “[Pope!] is proof that the musical [genre] isn’t dead!” He is also a prolific writer, churning out 2 T.V. pilots and a new full-length horror feature that are currently in development. His dense and eclectic catalog is why many consider Pappas as one of America’s most prolific and captivating under-the-radar artists.
TRACK LISTING
Post Everything
Everyone Knows (But They Won’t Tell You)
Red Light Blues
Holy Light
Didn’t I
The Western Wall
Lighting Myself on Fire
Standing Room Only
Sailor Eyes
Dust and Flowers
Crawling Up the Walls
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