Elephant Tree Announce April European Tour Dates
I can’t help but be glad to see London’s Elephant Tree getting out for a tour next Spring. They drop hints of ‘new music’ below, which is fine if not quite the same thing as ‘the album’s done.’ I’ll take that either way, too. Next year — 2026, stay with me — will be a decade since their 2016 self-titled debut (discussed here, review here), and six years since its prog-blossoming 2020 follow-up Habits (review here), and that seems as good a time as any for another LP, but they did have the anniversary compilation Handful of Ten (review here) in 2024, and last year’s split with Lowrider, The Long Forever (review here), though that probably did more to whet an appetite for more new sounds than sate it, given what its rawer and noisier take might portend for the band going forward as relates to the crisp clarity of Habits.
Well, you know, I’ve been hanging around outside Elephant Tree‘s practice space, like one does, waiting to hound them and ask about all this stuff, but they’re wily and they continue to elude my clumsy ass. Nonetheless, that they’re getting out for 10 shows in 10 days is a good sign for them to build on fest appearances throughout 2025 like Desertfest Belgium, Stoned From the Underground, Desertfest Oslo (review here) and Hoflärm. Here they’ll do StonerGrungeFest in the Netherlands and Sonic Ride in Cologne. Of course, one will be interested to find out their plans for the rest of 2026 — a self-titled reissue doesn’t seem out of line; that’s one of its decade’s best heavy rock records, let alone best debuts — and maybe that ‘new music’ threat below will turn some up. Fingers crossed.
Love the elephant. Does it have a name? From socials:
As the more eagle eyed among you may have seen, we’re off on our first headline jolly across the water next year! We cant wait to get back out there after this year’s fun and frolics and to see all those lovely faces again.
Full dates and ticket links can be found here https://elephanttree.band/live
Did someone say new music…
Elephant Tree – Pack Your Trunks:
02.04 La Bulle Cafe Lille FR
03.04 Merleyn Nijmegen NL
04.04 StonerGrungeFest 2026 at De Welling Utrecht NL
05.04 Knust Hamburg DE
06.04 Badehaus Berlin DE
07.04 B58 Braunschweig DE
08.04 Werkz Leipzig DE
09.04 Stereo Nurnberg DE
10/04 Franz. K, Reutlingen DE
11/04 Sonic Ride III Cologne DE
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