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"White Elephant" is the 2nd single from FINKEL's forthcoming album, Islanders, and features the talented Illa J (brother of the late, J Dilla). FINKEL wrote Islanders on the isolated wintry archipelago, Mackinac Island, MI, from January - March in 2021. The experience was documented by friends, Slowblink, and turned into a feature-length documentary, distributed by Kamikaze Dogfight.
"White Elephant" was written by FINKEL on Mackinac Island after visiting one of the woodland-hideouts they would often escape to while growing up on the Island. The duo wrote the song to capture the feeling of revisiting the familiar wooded landscape of their youth, with the same friends who have been enjoying it for decades. Every group of friends has their spot; FINKEL wanted to further articulate this connective tissue by bringing in Michigan-native, Illa J, to talk about his spot when he was growing up in Detroit. Brian and Jane have been fans of Illa J's for years, so getting to tell this story with his help was an incredible full-circle moment for FINKEL and for the album "Islanders".
lyrics
Oooo
Oooo
Oooo
Oooo
Call up
All the numbers
You know
By heart
Breathe in
Cold nostalgia
Flip it on it's head
Blanche carte
To the White ele
Elephant
Are you coming?
To the White ele
Elephant phant Phant
Up to all the good
Punchlines in the woods
You are all I need
We'll meet again my fallen friend
My place where it's sunny
Climb the roots like ladders
To the clearing on top
Call it what you want
Back your backpack tightly
So we can go all day
Until our fingers get to cold
To the White ele
Elephant
Are you coming?
To the White ele
Elephant phant Phant
Up to all the good
Punchlines in the woods
You are all I need
We'll meet again my fallen friend
My place where it's sunny
Meet me at Tams in the basement
Whole Marshen crew LeK
Bring the bass in
The place where we ignore all the troubles that we facin’
Build a space craft, yo it’s time for invasion
Introvert nation
Time to express
That’s communication
What’s next?
World domination, end of all you frauds
All you mother fuckers fakin’
I can tell it’s bullshit
You ain’t gotta say it
Press pause you ain’t even gotta play it
I can here da plasticity
It don’t hit hard like the pavement
Detroit flow how it flood up your basement
Can’t leave the soul out there no replacement
Oooh I’m so awakened
Or I’m just or I’m just so stoned from bakin’
I’m so old school how my vocals be naked
Haha
Up to all the good
(Up to all the good)
Punchlines in the woods
(In the woods)
You are all I need
We'll meet again my fallen friend
My place where it's sunny
credits
released February 25, 2022
Written by: FINKEL, Illa J
Produced by: Josh Stadlen, FINKEL
Mixed by: Khushi
Mastered by: Dale Becker
HEY! thanks for being curious about us. We're a married couple that likes to do out-of-the-box shit to create our music. Our next album, Islanders, is coming soon with a feature length doc. Welcome to our fever dream <3
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