Back at the start of January, Mat Cothran - one half of Run For Cover signed indie-rock outfit, Elvis Depressedly - tweeted in typically frank fashion: “the media don’t give a fuck but i do have two albums coming out this year one of them very soon.” Followed by, “if anyone is interested in a conversation about them hmu.”
With Elvis Depressedly gaining popularity, it makes sense from a promotional point of view to re-release material from the band’s pre-RFC days that might have fallen under the radar. Mat however, isn’t too susceptible to that sort of thinking, and his reasons concern the transparency of his art, rather than the marketability of it. “Over time I’ve come to enjoy the ‘bonus’ album more than the original album,” he explains. “I think people will be able to hear the transitional period that lead us to make ‘New Alhambra’ which was a more groove-influenced record and less fuzzy.”
All pretty straightforward on the Elvis Depressedly front then, barring a release date, but Mat takes care to clarify that it’s the Coma Cinema project, ‘Tasty Mask’ that the ‘one of them very soon’ part of his tweet was in reference to – and he seems pretty set on delivering on that half-promise. “I’d like to release ‘Tasty Mask’ in February, barring some misfortune,” he reveals. “As of now I have no idea if it will be self released or not. I know people want physical releases but that won’t be possible if I release it on my own, the upside though will be it can come out sooner rather than waiting the months and months it takes for vinyl to be manufactured - and for a press cycle puppet show to be constructed.”
