About

Hailing from Wellington, New Zealand, Craig Elliott spent several years as the guitarist of a local noise-rock outfit before going solo in 2010. Trading in feedback, distortion and jumping around for an acoustic guitar and sitting down, he released his debut EP that same year. A lo-fi, acoustic-based, bedroom-recorded affair.

In 2012 he released his first full-length album, ‘Fire For The Red Corner’, after a laborious two-year long process of writing, recording, deleting, rewriting and re-recording. Described as “A mixture of Elliott Smith vocals and hedonistic aggression, all piled together in a lo-fi haze that revels in the gaps in between as much as the bursts of distortion”, the album saw Craig balancing his acoustic, lo-fi sound with his distorted roots. 

Having relocated to the UK this year, Craig is now regularly gigging around London, earning praise for his dynamic and unpredictable solo performances, which see him switching between subtle finger-picking and fuzzed-out shredding at any given moment.

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'Twisted deranged noise from Mr Elliott, alternative solo artist… Pretty subtle vocals and a manic n' mesmerising delivery'

'We can't tell you a lot about Wellington singer-songwriter Craig Elliott, but we can tell you that his new album – Fire For The Red Corner – is well worth a listen. His hushed vocal style recalls the late Elliott Smith but his music is overall much more experimental with smatterings of bright, often aggressive, electric guitar throughout his work making for an interesting and ultimately rewarding listen…'