Bleed Your Cedar from the New Yorker Dream Pop Band Elysian Fields was released on October 8, 1996 by Radioactive Records, J.V. Elysian Fields' debut Bleed Your Cedar finds the band following through on the blueprint of their eponymous EP, offering a set of slow, gloomy and occasionally seductive jangle-pop that's often quite reminiscent of Mazzy Star. Elysian Fields isn't as dark as Mazzy Star and Jennifer Charles has a more traditionally pretty voice than Hope Sandoval, which helps distinguish the group from the legions of indie noir-rock bands. Portions of Bleed Your Cedar are a little unfocused, but on the whole it's an intriguing listen from a promising band. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.