Artist:The Sons of Katie Elder

Solidified just under a year ago by childhood friends Johnny West and Greg Andren, The Sons Of Katie Elder (TSOKE) was dreamt up out of a shared love of contemporary bands like My Morning Jacket, Wilco and The National and a deep seeded respect for the classic acts including Dylan, Springsteen and The Rolling Stones. Like so many bands before them, at TSOKE's heart is the powerful and at times, powerfully competitive relationship between two different people drawn together musically, where Greg is the dry witted loudmouth and Johnny is the pensive giant. It is this duality that shines through in their music which is at once playful yet heartfelt, that is as informed by the brash swagger of Oasis as it is by the measured, poetic songwriting of Townes Van Zant and the Go-Betweens. This five track demo recorded by Damian Press (guitarist for Expatriate) at his Ginsberg Studios in Sydney's inner west, is by no means meant to be a definitive recording of the group, but merely a snapshot ...