Ash Wednesday is the debut studio album by singer songwriter Elvis Perkins,… Read Full Bio ↴Ash Wednesday is the debut studio album by singer songwriter Elvis Perkins, released on February 20, 2007, on XL Recordings. It is a chronologically sequenced album of songs written before (Tracks 1 to 6) and after (Tracks 7 to 11) the death of his mother, who died on 9/11. In a 2009 interview, Perkins states that the album " been made out to be bleaker than it really is, there were moments of hopefulness on Ash Wednesday too." Regarding the album's title, Perkins states that it: refers to being left on Wednesday with nothing but ash, because died on a Tuesday - being left with ash on September 12. That was also the day my father died, September 12 . It first occurred to me on Ash Wednesday itself - my consciousness was largely ruled by having lost my mother six months previously. "All the Night Without Love" was the lead single off the album; "Moon Woman II" appears on the Fast Food Nation soundtrack, and "While You Were Sleeping" was featured in a season 4 episode of The O.C.. The album was released on XL Records and includes backing vocals by Ariana Lenarsky, Shana Levy of indie band Let's Go Sailing, and others.

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01While You Were Sleeping6:19 Elvis Perkins

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02All The Night Without Love3:10 Elvis Perkins

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03May Day!5:00 Elvis Perkins

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04Moon Woman II4:25 Elvis Perkins

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05It's Only Me3:58 Elvis Perkins

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06Emile's Vietnam In The Sky2:59 Elvis Perkins

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07Ash Wednesday6:30 Elvis Perkins

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08The Night & The Liquor4:44 Elvis Perkins

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09It's a Sad World After All4:13 Elvis Perkins

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Ash Wednesday
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All The Night Without Love We walked the aisles aimlessly With our kills painlessly And…
Ash Wednesday The tents go up As I go down Down to the…
Emile's Vietnam In The Sky Jean Cocteau is covered in butter The ghosts of Cappucino an…
Good Friday Come, lay here beside me And I'll fear no death I'll give…
It's a Sad World After All Stay if you want There is enough Sadness for the Both of us …
It's Only Me I heard a sound When I was a child Someone was walking…
May Day! Well, I don't care, your cameras caught me crying as…
Moon Woman II It hasn't been this bright In a century and a third At…
Sleep Sandwich Last night was the science-fiction Movie with you and me You…
The Night & The Liquor And now the night and the liquor wear off I see…
While You Were Sleeping While you were sleeping your babies grew The stars shined an…