Artificial Countrysidesis Athens, Ga basedElf Power’sfourteenth album and first for Yep Roc Records. The band expand their sound on this record to glorious effect, adding marimba, harpsichord, synth bass, distorted drum machine loops, and mellotron to their time tested mix of fuzz guitars, Moog keyboards, pummeling drums, and layered acoustic guitars, achieving a satisfying and unique synthesis of traditional and futuristic sounds. Lyrically the album mirrors this approach by discussing the difficulties and advantages of dealing with modern life’s digital and artificial landscape, balanced with the natural world.

1. Undigested Parts
2. Clean Clothes
3. Artificial Countrysides
4. The Gas Inside the Tank
5. Soft Trash
6. Filming The Sequel Before All the Actors Die
7. Metal House
8. Floods
9. Did It Really Exist?
10. Dark Rays
11. Pouring Hot Water on the Anthills
12. Constantly Touching