“The Nocturnal House”
from the album Elan Vital
2006
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Over the past few years, Seattle punk rockers Pretty Girls Make Graves have developed a small but devoted following with constant touring and releasing two critically acclaimed albums. And they are ready to expand their audience with a new sound and album this spring.
Pretty Girls Make Graves will release their brand new studio album Elan Vital April 11 on Matador Records. It will be their first album since 2003’s New Romance.
They started working on this album in 2004, shortly after guitarist Nathan Thelen left the band. They were in the middle of recording when keyboardist Leona Marrs joined the lineup and took the music in a different direction. According to the band, “…When we started playing with her it made more sense to just start writing with her, rather than her writing to the songs that were already written. So yeah, she brought a whole new style to our music.”