The EP is a limited edition featuring two original songs – “Elephant Elephant” and “Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn” – and a cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”. It also includes a disc of bonus tracks and out-takes.
Amanda describes the music as “something the Andrews Sisters might have recorded if they had grown up in the circus listening to new wave music.”
You can buy the EP for $11 at Eleven Records.
Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley & Evelyn Evelyn – Elephant, Elephant (mp3 removed)*
*mp3 hosted by & posted with permission of label
Update: It’s been brought to my attention that Evelyn Evelyn were fictitious characters created by Amanda Palmer for this project. I suppose I should have known – it’s obviously Amanda and Jason Webley singing in the songs. I just assumed that the “twins” had written the songs and perhaps played instruments on the album. Considering the wide range of unusual artists that Amanda has collaborated with over the years, this new project really didn’t seem out of character. Anyway, I admit I was fooled. But the real story behind Evelyn Evelyn (of which you can read here and here) doesn’t change my opinion of the music.