Contact:
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(508) 843-0718

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Biography:

Elijah Ebenezer Wyman is a singer/songwriter that lives in a small house in Asheville, NC with a medium sized dog, a tailless cat, and his wife Rhonda. He is an amicable fellow who has been known to write themed albums that are often catagorized as, "Indie/Folk."

Over the years Elijah has written an album of short, morbid stories with lush instrumentation that garnered him comparisons to Sufjan Stevens. He also wrote a free EP of songs based off of true, fan submitted stories. Most recently he released a sparse and morose album that chronicles a year and a half of living with kidney failure. You will be happy to know that Elijah received a kidney from a good friend who happens to run the label that released the album. (Grinding Tapes Recording Co..)

Two standout characteristics of Elijah Ebenezer Wyman's music are his witty lyrics and his odd voice. (Not in a forced way. In a, "It's just what my voice sounds like," way.) Elijah's voice polarizes people, a fact that he finds morbidly appealing.

Elijah & Rhonda currently support themselves completely off of their art. Check out the jewelry that Rhonda designs at www.FigsandGinger.com. Both Elijah and Rhonda try to be as eco-friendly as possible, insisting on using recycled packaging materials. Portions of records sold through Grinding Tapes Recording Co. go to various charities. For more info go to GTRC's site.

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What People are Saying:

"Sparkling instrumentation and frankly lovely melody...literate, skewed singer-songwriter charm."
-Pop Matters

“True to life lyrics and poignant observations.”
-Performer Magazine

"...a wrenching, emotional tour de force. I dare you to listen
and not be moved."
-Songs:Illinois.

"An off kilter and frequently enthralling release...shunning the usual strummed miserablism usually associated with acoustic guitar wielding sensitive singer-songwriter types, the songs here aim for something more quirky."
-BBC.co.uk - Collective

"Like the wicked cousin of Sufjan Stevens, Elijah Wyman creates highly orchestrated folk songs augmented with a bevy of auxiliary instruments and sinister, intense moods. The songs on Why We Never Go Swimming and Other Short Stories are not paeans to good times or melancholy ruminations- they’re sordid revelations and devilishly jubilant exclamations that make Wyman seem like the ringleader of a demented New Orleans circus."
-Independent Clauses

“Brilliant lyrics, downbeat, excellent guitar work.
Neo-folk for the indie rock set.”
-Hybrid Magazine.

"This is an album to be heard, cherished, lauded and heavily repeated. Nine solid anthems of death, love and the much respected wish to be dead."
-SCTAS.com

“The Melodies are mournful, the lyrics deep and thoughtful.
You NEED to hear this!"
-Sidewinder Zine

"Alarmingly blunt, but soon refreshing and thought provoking...
Decidedly witty and at the same time innocently dissarming."
-The Star
Houghton, NY

"Almost as if possessed by the moment he played and sang with a haunting conviction that suggested that each song was exploding from him instead of simply being released."
-The Wire, NH