The White Elephant Review

Recorded at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and produced and mixed by Tom Tatman and mastered by Travis Huisman, The White Elephant is the band’s self titled debut album. It only took two and a half days for Ron Coleman, Tim Coleman and Chris Rohr, The White Elephant band members, to get the album fully recorded and only the vocals and one leading guitar are overdubbed, being that it was recorded live.

“Three people making sounds with instruments. These sounds happen to make songs” – this description the band made of themselves couldn’t be closer to the truth. Kicking off with Sinner, we’re presented to swamp rock and you feel the connection with them, as they feel it with you too. Because we “have too many places and nowhere to go” you Travel By Boat “in the middle of the night” and get yourself more and more involved; as you like to go fast you lose control and next thing you remember is your Last Night Stand and “they say you’re crazy”, so you Runaway to get involved in the deeply captivating guitars as The Trouble seems to get bigger and harder to get away from. The guitar whimpers by Every Word, such a sad story. As you walk further away, Into the Fire, you realize you shouldn’t have fallen in love, but you realize it’s too late now; as a rising sound comes you want to believe it was all but a Devil Dreaming, an amazing tune that seems to be made of sounds from a dream, but you’ve actually been awake the whole time, “you’re not dreaming anymore”. With a more upbeat song, with rhythmic drums and a voice coming from far away accompanied by a harmonica, you get to the end of your journey… or haven’t you? Keep your Mouthful “with nothing to say”, keep it a secret.

This self titled album promises to be the first of many albums by The White Elephant.

The Review: 8.5/10

Can’t Miss Tracks:

– Travel by Boat
– Sinner
– Into the Fire
– Devil Dreaming

The Big Hit:

– Travel by Boat

Review by Susana Sarsfield