Elias - Warcry (2015)

It’s a rare occurrence, but once in a while a fully-formed new talent will emerge from seemingly out of nowhere. That’s exactly what happened when Elias debuted in 2015 with Revolution. Here was an artist with a voice that was truly something else. Not only was it striking in its nuance and in its power, but it also was the voice of a man who has seemingly weathered a lifetime’s worth of emotional upheaval, and had learned how to convey love, loss and devastation with utter sincerity. And yet Elias was still just eighteen-years-old. The reaction was suitably emphatic. Noisey described him as “a concoction of James Blake soulfulness and Bon Iver potential”, while i-D prompted comparisons with FKA twigs, Spooky Black, Anthony Hamilton and Sam Cooke as they praised his “gorgeously profound voice.”

Tracklist:
1 01. Elias - Cloud (04:36)
1 02. Elias - Cosmetic Love (03:47)
1 03. Elias - Blinded by You (03:50)
1 04. Elias - Northern Lights (03:27)
1 05. Elias - Green Eyes (03:40)
1 06. Elias - Revolution (04:20)