Ernest Ellis – ‘Heading For The Cold’

Ernest Ellis – ‘Heading For The Cold’

According to the press release, Ernest Ellis went out to a farm in the Blue Mountains with just a mobile studio and an engineer to record what will be his debut album, Hunting. It sounds a bit like the narrative behind Bon Iver’s album, and ‘Heading For The Cold’ also sounds a bit like Bon Iver – not to be reductive or anything. That same sense of intimacy rubs against wide open spaces and soaring, multi-tracked vocals, making this far from your typical singer-songwriter stuff.

Ellis isn’t a shallow impersonator, there’s definitely an unique stamp on this track (and most of the others I’ve heard so far) that can’t be readily compared to other ‘nu-folkies.’ A good song with good production that is hopefully indicative of what we can expect from him early next year. Check it.

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