For half a decade, Elephants and Stars have occupied a distinctive space in Canadian independent music: literate without pretension, political without sloganeering, and melodic without sacrificing urgency. Across a catalogue of emotionally-charged records and high-energy live performances, they built a rep as one of the country's most compelling underground rock acts - earning devotion through relentless songwriting, word-of-mouth momentum, and songs that hit both the gut and the conscience.

That evolution reaches a new peak with Philistine Vulgarity, their latest full-length album, produced by Ron Hawkins, the legendary frontman of Lowest of the Low. Hawkins brings sonic clarity and emotional intensity to the project, sharpening the qualities that have always defined this band: passion, confrontation, humanity, and melody.

The title itself speaks volumes. Philistine Vulgarity confronts political violence, alienation, economic anxiety, and emotional exhaustion while refusing to lose sight of empathy, connection, and survival. Echoes of classic punk, heartland rock, post-hardcore, and alternative rock run throughout the record, but the songwriting remains rooted in storytelling and emotional truth rather than genre exercise.

Single 'Take It All' serves as a mission statement : an explosive, hook-heavy anthem balancing frustration and catharsis. It encapsulates what they do best: transforming anxiety, anger, and exhaustion into something communal and exhilarating.

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Label and Management enquires: Russ Reiger, Rebecca Carroll or Heather de Armas at Not Dead Yet Media

About Elephants and Stars:

Manfred Sittmann - Vocals, guitar
Adam Seed - Lead guitar
Michael MacMillan - bass
J.R. McConvey- drums

keyboards by: Simon Head

Singer-guitarist Manfred Sittmann and bassist Mike MacMillan have "never not been in a band together". In the early 2000's they formed Soap Opera, which was signed to Bullseye Records releasing two albums, Poised and Welcome to the Tangiers. Then came The First Time, whose 2004 debut It's On, a faster and heavier take on Soap Opera's pop-punk sound, produced by Warne Livesey (Midnight Oil, Matthew Good). It's On was named Best Punk Record at the 2005 Toronto Independent Music Awards and received rave reviews, as well as mainstream US radio play and TV network licensing for the singles "Goodbye Harlowe" and "New Day Dawning."