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Firebrand Ren&#233e LoBue brings you on a free-wheeling make-out session after your worst break-up. Singer/songwriter LoBue and Ray Ketchem (drummer/producer) have teamed with influential ex-Luna guitarist Sean Eden and ex-Lovelies bassist Barbara Endes on New Believers, Elk City's finest work to date. In 2004, when recording for New Believers began, LoBue brought her notebook full of confessional, imaginative songs (written following the tumultuous departure of guitarist/vocalist Peter Langland-Hassan, the male half of the boy/girl duets that had marked the group's first three releases) to longtime collaborator Ray Ketchem's studio. Upon hearing LoBue's newly inspired voice, Ketchem's mission was clear: The band would recall the soul of Dusty Springfield, the power of Patti Smith, the big sound of Phil Spector, and the warped-pop sensibilities of The Breeders on an album that would bring LoBue to the front. Weaving Ketchem's ace production and LoBue's striking voice with the lyrical guitar of Eden and Endes' solid foundation, Elk City are never fearful of experimentation and push new boundaries on New Believers.