Ex-High Dial Forms Elephant Stone

04/24/09 5:08pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Ex-High Dials bassist/sitarist Rishi Dhir's new band, Elephant Stone, will release their The Seven Seas debut on May 5 through Elephants On Parade.

The nine-track album was produced by The Besnard Lakes' Jace Lasek at Montreal's Breakglass Studios last summer. It features guest appearances from members of The High Dials, The Besnard Lakes and The Dears.

You can preview the entire album on Elephant Stone's MySpace page.

Dhir left The High Dials in 2006 and spent the next year working on his Indian classical music chops. He performed on records by The Black Angels and The Earlies before founding Elephant Stone with keyboardist Bobby Fraser, guitarist/bassist Robbie MacArthur, guitarist/vocalist/sitarist/flautist Stephen Venkatarangam, guitarist/vocalist Richard White and drummer/vocalist Chris Wise.

Elephant Stone will play these dates:

April 24 Montreal, QC @ Les Saints w/Youth Group
May 8 Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox w/The Urban Aesthetics and Death To Apollo
May 9 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel w/Kevin Kane
May 10 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore w/Kevin Kane and The Sunday Sinners
June 5 Montreal, QC @ TBA (The Who tribute)

Here are the songs on The Seven Seas:

"Bombs Bomb Away"
"How Long"
"I Am Blind"
"The Seven Seas"
"The Straight Line"
"Blood From A Stone"
"Oh, Heartbreaker"
"A Morning Song"
"Don't You Know"