When rock duo What Elephant? formed in 2024, it was to immediate critical acclaim. Spin Magazine raved, “We haven’t heard a band like this before.”
Later, it was clarified that Spin had, as point of fact, not heard of the band and the comment was a misprint. But the lads knew what they were saying. They were saying, “Keep going. You guys have it.”
Upon reaching out to Spin Magazine for an interview, the team spoke with a receptionist, Rachel, who wouldn’t disclose her last name. Rachel gushed, “We don’t know who you guys are. This is very unusual. I’m going to hang up now.” A dream come true for two humble kids from Pennsylvania.
Since then, the lads haven’t looked back. It’s been a journey from bars to even larger bars and tens of fans to further multiples of ten. Says What Elephant?’s lead singer David Uffner, “I heard about that thing with Spin. I don’t think you’re supposed to call them. I don’t think that’s how that works.” Adds drummer and producer Matt Simoncavage, “This whole story has been told to me, like six times and I still don’t understand it.”
A mercurial rise and with it, fame’s heady brew. An elephant in the room for America’s new favorite sons? What elephant, indeed…