Deadboy & The Elephantmen • We Are The Night Sky

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Raised a proselytizing Jehovah's Witness during his early childhood, Dax Riggs lost his faith in God late one evening after watching "The Elephant Man" on HBO. He was just ten years old. Years later, after fronting underground heavy metal band Acid Bath, Dax taught himself the piano, recruited Tessie Brunet (this duo's Meg White) and formed Deadboy & The Elephantmen—a darker version of The White Stripes. The end result is We Are The Night Sky, a raw, emotional debut that is both playful and serious. With a selection of lo-fi ballads that rival the best of today's indie bands, combined with a mixture of fuzzbox blues, goth dirges and stoner metal, We Are The Night Sky is quite possibly the best secret around.