Elroy Finn On The Forthcoming “Elroy” Album, His Surprising Musical Influences & Future Plans
After years of touring and collaborating as a drummer and multi-instrumentalist in various groups (Wild Nothing, Connan Mockasin), as well as with his family (extensive worldwide touring with his brother Liam Finn and as part of Crowded House with father Neil Finn), Elroy Finn will release his long-awaited debut studio album on August 13, 2021 via the Grand Phony record label.
A talented multi-instrumentalist, this new album — self-titled and released under the single name of Elroy — was written, produced, recorded and mixed by Elroy Finn himself. The native New Zealander’s full-length has already earned tremendous critical praise, with New Zealand’s national newspaper Sunday Star Times noting the album as “acquiring layers of sounds and textures and falsetto vocal harmonies” that “gradually transforms into a sturdy wee slab of lo-fi psychedelia.”
On July 7, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Elroy Finn via Zoom, as embedded below. More about Finn and the Elroy album can be found online by clicking here, here, here and here.
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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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