Ellephare is a indie rock band made up of Kyle Mathis and a collection of friends.

The Best Defense was a self-released EP that's filled with 10 indie alternative rock tracks. The album contains a nice combination of fast upbeat alternative tracks and more indie, laid back cuts. The band creates songs that contain a spiritual element to it. For a debut EP, the group has successfully created a compilation that is both interesting and engaging.

In their early career, they've already been hailed as one of the top 10 bands in the Cornerstone Festival New Band Showcase. Take a listen to these catchy and inspiring tracks.

The more you listen to this album, the more you realize that each song reflects nothing but a positive attitude. Would I call it Christian music? I'm not sure, but majority of the group's songs do feature quite a bit of a spiritual factor. Ellephare was named after a friend's aunt's name. They thought it sounded good and adopted it for themselves.


The Best Defense is filled with catchy beats and feel good indie alternative music. Opening with Just Start; this upbeat cut reminds me of many early-middle 2000 punk/emo/alternative groups like Taking Back Sunday and Thursday. Most of the tracks from the album typically run for 3-5 minutes with the longest one, Portrait, at almost 7 minutes. Calling On is a more mellow, pop cut with really nice vocals and sweet sounding guitars. You can find this EP online at Amazon/Itunes.

If there's one thing this band has got up their sleeve, it's a sound that's easy to love. The melodies, vocals and instruments blend together beautifully. It's topped off with inspiring lyrics that uplift instead of bombard you with negativity. I wouldn't be surprised if this band does find themselves in the main stream music scene pretty soon.

The latest EP "Make It So" is set to release in early Summer 2012. The project covers a wide range of influences and emotions, but lyrics generally air on the hopeful side of things.
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