Forty Elephants

40 Elephants is a collaboration between Cynthia Sley, frontwoman of Bush Tetras, and Knox Chandler, a former member of Psychedelic Furs and Siouxsie and the Banshees, who has worked with everyone from R.E.M. to Depeche Mode. Chandler, a multi-instrumentalist and master guitarist, used no keyboards to create the layers of percussion and otherworldly sounds on their debut album. Sley added her lyrics and melodies to the tracks, creating a unique partnership of sonorous frequencies