![]() The band congregated in the spacious studio whenever they were available. ![]() Almstead hauled his vintage microphones and tape machines into the top floor studio of Chesnutt’s home, a cool pad in a historic neighborhood just blocks from downtown Athens. Chesnutt and the Elves hit the road together this month and will travel the East Coast, Midwest and the South before heading overseas for multiple shows.Įarly in 2008, Chesnutt invited current Elf Power bassist Derek Almstead (formerly of Of Montreal) to engineer and produce Dark Developments. Orange Twin - an indie label run by Elf Power multi-instrumentalist Laura Carter - released the nine-song Dark Developments in October. ![]() Over the course of 2008, the wiry and wry Chesnutt enlisted the current members of Elf Power, along with guitarist Curtiss Pernice and bassist/guitarist Sam Mixon (two Chesnutt veteran touring sidemen), who joined the sessions under the moniker The Amorphous Strums. ![]() The two Athens acts visit Charleston this Friday in support of a joint effort titled Dark Developments. ![]()
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