Bio
Elephant Stone is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Rishi Dhir, a founding member of Montreal pop/psyche veterans the High Dials, and sitar player for basically every outlaw psyche band out there (Black Angels, the Earlies, Hopewell, Brian Jonestown Massacre, …).
In 2009, Elephant Stone released their debut album, The Seven Seas. Perfectly melding Rishi’s obsession with the perfect pop song and the trippiest raga, The Seven Seas, was warmly embraced by the global indie-scene and long-listed for the coveted 2009 Polaris Music Prize. 2010 saw the release of The Glass Box EP, a 5-song suite of inspired power-pop/psyche classics, a supporting slot on the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s North American tour, and an inaugural tour of Europe with sold-out dates in London and Berlin.
Elephant Stone are currently planning their biggest tour yet that will take them to California, Iceland, and the UK.
Elephant Stone is:
Rishi Dhir: vocals, bass, sitar, geetar
Bobby Fraser: keys
Gab Lambert: geetar, backing vocals
Jules Pampena: drums, backing vocals
Greg Paquet: geetar, bass
Reviews for The Seven Seas:
“tripped-out, transcendent debut ”
4 stars
Steve Baylin - Ottawa Xpress
“Utterly uplifting, and a powerful contender for Montreal album of the year”
4.5 stars
Jordan Zivitz - Canwest/Montreal Gazette/National Post
“…coolly captures Dhir’s love of both classic British pop and Indian raga subcurrents while brimming with messages of peace, hope and love.”
4 stars
Steve Guimond - Hour
“a collection of dreamy britpop infused with rock-sitar jams … a keeper”
4/5
Nika Vee - Nightlife Magazine
“Elephant Stone offers hopeful, dreamy pop music that’s impossible to place in any one time period.”
Chris Lackner - Dose.ca