![Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Self-Titled [Album Review]](http://cache.elbo.ws/posts/1564893_lg.jpg)
I adore Elvis Perkins. Ever since Oz, Woody, and I caught him play a set at SXSW in 2007 that was sandwiched between sets from Pete Townsend and the Cold War Kids (Elvis' set was the best of the night), I've been hooked. And his latest effort with his backing band Dearland is absolutely incredible. Elvis Perkins' back story is pretty well-known, but I think knowing it adds flavor to his music. In case you missed it…he lost his father, actor Anthony Perkins, to AIDS in 1992 and his mother, photographer Berry Berenson, when she was tragically killed [...]