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\u201cMarble Statue\u201d is swirling and melancholic, a cocoon embracing listeners with a gentle reminder to let go of perfection. It starts off with a dreamy trumpet line (video game fans might be able to hear a layered trumpet sample from Disco Elysium) that intentionally echoes Pasion\u2019s vulnerable lyrics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we thought of the melody and the chords, the trumpet part came to try to symbolize that longing, spiraling feeling,\u201d said guitarist and co-vocalist Brenden Phung. \u201cBlending that was a way to bring our sound forward while also continuing to experiment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another new direction the band took was recording in a professional studio for the first time. Armed with demos they first ideated in their practice space, the group recorded at Tiny Telephone in Oakland to bring their material to life.<\/p>\n
\u201c[With] \u2018Marble Statue,\u2019 having all of us play in the same room really helped us practice for that studio session,\u201d said guitarist and bassist Cliff Yang. \u201cWe were so laser focused on all the different tiny sections in songs where things have to be locked in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Working with the producers at Tiny Telephone also helped achieve a sense of cohesion for The Art of Erosion<\/em> as a whole.<\/p>\n \u201c[Tiny Telephone] really helped tie these 11 separate songs into, I think, a really solid album that is trying to take the listener on a journey of what it\u2019s like when you feel a relationship slowly starting to wear away and all its nuances and different situations,\u201d said Phung. \u201cI hope that for anyone checking out The Art of Erosion<\/em>, they can really feel this sense of universalness about these tough situations.\u201d<\/p>\n Indigo Elephant\u2019s new album The Art of Erosion<\/em> is out now. The band is performing at The Knockout<\/a> in San Francisco on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n