“Even in these most turbulent of times, dub musician and fatigued onlooker Elijah Minnelli remains an inexplicable stalwart on the lower rungs of the Breadminster County Council.

His latest record ‘Clams As A Main Meal’ continues his astute siphoning of council funds, this time with help from the Breadminster Board of Abstinence. As a further mark of respect, the original head of the Board, Dr. K’houldoux, graces the cover art in his infamous ‘Looming Moon of Desire’ guise.

As fine a backdrop as any for Minneli’s off-brand dub experiments, and ‘Clams…’ is the truest representation of his varied wheelhouse yet…

We find vocal appearances from dub goliath Dennis Bovell and Welsh-language singer Carwyn Ellis. A pair of tracks which build on 2024’s acclaimed ‘Perpetual Musket’, a collection of folk songs reworked alongside reggae vocalists, released by FatCat Records. It garnered glowing reviews, with nods from The Guardian and The Quietus concluding with prominent appearances on their respective yearly round-up lists.

Elsewhere, the album finds Minnelli in a more experimental mode, all wheezing contraptions and cockeyed bass, creaking with the weight of creation, a satisfying tactility laid seam-side up.

As well as ‘Perpetual Musket’, the new album follows years of sold out 7" singles, handmade and self-released. Online, the tracks have amassed global streams numbering in the millions. His tracks have found play across an eclectic range of radio mixes and dance floors, most notably the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Batu, Optimo and Zakia Sewell (BBC6Music).

It is perhaps worth mentioning that this everbuilding interest in his work is at great odds with the growing suspicions amongst his fellow townsfolk, who see his Breadminster County Council Music Initiative as nothing more than an empty cash-grab.”

“Minnelli’s attention to the flow of an album is one of the many strengths of Clams As A Main Meal. Just when it feels like you have a measure of his sound palette, he throws in a sonic curveball to mix things up… there’s a huge amount of melodic charm, sonic invention and detail to keep listeners coming back for more.”

The Quietus

“Ever wondered what folk songs would be like re-worked as dub plates then Elijah Minnelli has got you covered… Clams As A Main Meal totally appeals to my love of folk and dub music… Elijah Minnelli is to folk-dub what Heston Blumenthal is to molecular gastronomy.”

Joyzine

“A crooked, tactile, funny and surprisingly poignant dispatch from the civic margins.”

Norman Records

“Weaving the tactile, off-kilter dub dramas of his previous works with expanded collaborations, bringing an internecine sensibility where global percussions knock heads and reach huzzahing resolve through the art of the folk-dub rework.”

Juno Records