The Winter Is Coming Explained

The Winter Is Coming
Type:	Album
Artist:	Elf Power
Cover:	Elfpowerwinteriscoming.jpg
Released:	October 17, 2000
Genre:	Indie pop, indie rock
Label:	Sugar Free Records^[1]
Prev Title:	A Dream in Sound
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Creatures
Next Year:	2002

The Winter Is Coming is an album by the indie rock band Elf Power, released in 2000.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that "psychedelic pop doesn't come much better than the title track, 'The Naughty Villain', or the album-opening 'Embrace The Crimson Tide', but elsewhere Elf Power seems content upping the trippiness factor of its previous work."^[4] Trouser Press thought that "odd touches in the arrangements sound more organic, and the increased density gives songs like the droning, apocalyptic 'Embrace the Crimson Tide' an intriguing quality of foreboding."^[5] The Chicago Tribune opined: "No amount of shambling studio modesty can mask the band's seemingly effortless grasp of exuberant songcraft and shining chamber-pop."^[6]

Track listing

1. "Embrace the Crimson Tide"
2. "Skeleton"
3. "The Great Society"
4. "The Winter Is Coming"
5. "Wings of Light"
6. "The Sun Is Forever"
7. "People Underneath"
8. "Green Sea Days"
9. "The Naughty Villain"
10. "Leopard's Teeth"
11. "Birds in the Backyard"
12. "100,000 Telescopes"
13. "The Albatross

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. December 1, 2000. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Elf Power | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Elf Power Channels Hendrix On LP, Maps Out Tour. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214239/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428525/elf-power-channels-hendrix-on-lp-maps-out-tour/. dead. June 2, 2021. MTV News.
4. Web site: Elf Power: The Winter Is Coming . The A.V. Club . 29 March 2002 . 1 June 2021.
5. Web site: Elf Power . Trouser Press . 1 June 2021.
6. News: Klein . Joshua . Recordings . Chicago Tribune . 12 Nov 2000 . Arts & Entertainment . 7.