Listening Hobbits

Over the considerable months since the release of Luke Abbott‘s Holkham Drones debut album, Luke has amassed quite a collection of celebrity fans.

Mr Gold Panda of course recently lent his remix support to the Brazil incursion, but the Lucky Shiner was actually one of the first Abbott-maniacs to come out of the woodwork, proclaiming his early allegiance to the ‘Holkham Drones’ cause via one of his erratic Twitter incarnations before cementing that commitment by putting Luke forward as his own personal tip in The Guardian’s collection of fantasy Mercury Music Prize nominations. Said same Guardian article saw the Celeb-stakes somewhat raised, when lead singer of Domino‘s Cumbrian ambassadors Wild Beasts Hayden Thorpe matched the Panda’s Mercury tip with their own Abbott-endorsement: “Abbott is a wizard with noise. If Britain had a Pitchfork then surely he would be its darling.”

But now the bar has been set to record-breaking heights as none other than Elijah Wood himself has stepped into the fray, as Luke explained yesterday on his blog: “Elijah Wood of cinematic fame has made his bid in the race to become my most high profile fan”. Elijah spoke out on his love for ‘Holkham Drones’ in this video posted on the blog of America’s Fuse.TV with an on-the-button summary: “warm, analogue-sounding bedroom electronica. I love it. It’s so good.”

Curiously, loyal readers may remember that this isn’t the first appearance that Elijah has made on this blog, previously popping up as an addendum to one of Luke Abbott’s hobbit jokes with his opinions on The MFA‘s The Difference It Makes, a track which he was rather less keen on…