The Elk is a big giant chuff-off deer, native to North America and whereever else Wikipedia cares to tell me, and is famous for two main things. Firstly, they are bloody big. Secondly, they use a technique called Bugling during the mating season, which basically involves throat-screaming louder than other Elks in order to establish dominance over other males, and get a bit of female Elk loving, if you get my very literal snowdrift. So, with that in mind, i started listening to the brand spanking new self titled album from Elks expecting to hear some kind of grindcore being shot out my speakers, or at least a wall-of-noise thrash band, one of the (far too) many that are constantly floating in and out of the underground music scene. Happily, i got neither. Continue Reading