Elizabeth le Fey

Elizabeth Gomez, known as Elizabeth Le Fey also known by the stage name Globelamp is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer from California, United States.

Elizabeth le Fey
Promo shot of the singer songwriter Elizabeth le Fey
Born
Elizabeth Gomez
Occupation
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • producer
Years active2010–present
Musical career
OriginMission Viejo, California, United States
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Keyboard
Labels
Associated acts
  • Meowtain

Career

Le Fey, who was born Elizabeth Gomez, began studying classic piano at the age of four and started writing poetry at as a teen inspired by books like the Harry Potter series and old mythological legends. She would start putting music to those poems years later, once she learned to play the guitar.[1] Her earliest music influences include Syd Barrett[2] and Stevie Nicks, but as a young teen, she was especially inspired by the works of Conor Oberst, Fiona Apple, and Tori Amos, which later inspired her to begin performing on her acoustic guitar at small coffee shops in Orange County, California.[1] At age 15 she saw Le Tigre perform in Los Angeles, which made her love feminist rock.[3]

In her early twenties, inspired by third-wave feminist rock groups like Sleater-Kinney and Bikini Kill, she moved to Olympia, Washington, to study at Evergreen State College.[3] Shortly thereafter, she became an intern at K Records and formed psych-punk band Meowtain.[4][5][6] During which she wrote and self-released her self-titled EP Globelamp, for her solo project of the same name. She then took off to write, produce, and record her debut full length Star Dust, but prior to release, she toured as a singer in the psych-rock band Foxygen, whose singer, Sam France, had co-produced.[3]

Meowtain

Elizabeth Le Fey experienced her first time performing in a band with her psych-punk band Meowtain in 2012. The band was short lived, releasing only a self-titled album, and disbanding in September 2013.[1]

Globelamp

Elizabeth le Fey released her self-titled EP Globelamp, in 2011.[7]

  1. Gypsies Lost
  2. Crystal
  3. Warrior Heart
  4. Crocodile
  5. Sparks
  6. Invisible Prisms

all written by Elizabeth le Fey.[3]

Foxygen

Le Fey began touring with Foxygen in September 2012, after being asked to star in their music video "San Francisco".[8][9]

Before the release of "We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic" she went on tour with Foxygen and of Montreal.

After Foxygen's acclaimed album was released she went on tour with them to promote the band through Europe and across the United States with Unknown Mortal Orchestra. While in Europe Foxygen recorded a take away show with and played an on air show at the BBC.[10]

"Creative and personal disagreements" led to her being removed from the band, and in response she vented her thoughts in a Tumblr post, in which she criticized the other members (she was dating France at the time) very strongly.[11] The post, according to the San Francisco Weekly, was widely misread as her announcing the breakup of the band, leading to "Le Fey being decried as the Yoko Ono for the Tumblr era, the horrid woman responsible for the decline and dissolution of Foxygen. It was a misogynistic troll-laden mess". France refused to hand over the tapes for Star Dust (she accused him of physical abuse, and he responded by saying it was the other way around), though eventually he did, but not after filing a restraining order against le Fey.[3] A court granted France a five-year restraining order against le Fey based on threatening and verbally abusive online messages she sent to him, as well as allegations that she had attempted to enter France's house without permission and physically threatened members of his family.[12]

The restraining order was renewed in March 2019 because le Fey continued to “verbally assault” him and “threaten physical harm” to him online, according to court documents. However, in an interview published in May after another hearing, after which Le Fey sought a restraining order against France, Le Fey's lawyer told Pitchfork in an email that "The restraining order that was issued five years ago should never have been issued." The lawyer stated "We believe that Mr. France sought this restraining order not because he is actually in fear of any physical harm, but rather he wants to silence Ms. Gomez from speaking out about their relationship and his physical assault on her." Le Fey was denied the restraining order, after not being able to physically serve him. According to a court document transcript obtained by Pitchfork of their January 2014 hearing, there was admission of France hitting Le Fey once by accident whilst being startled out of sleep and denied otherwise ever hitting her, kicking her, or threatening her with physical violence of any type. To the contrary, France alleged that Le Fey physical abused him on October 16, 2013, when he and le Fey were living together in his house in Olympia. “Our fighting had gotten to a point that I feared for my life,” court documents filed by France read. “She entered my house while I was asleep, jumped on me, strangled me, and punched me. She threw one of my canes at me, missing my head.” (He was recovering from a broken leg at the time.)France also claimed that le Fey went to his parents’ Los Angeles home twice without permission and opened the door. In his written statement, he claims that on one occasion, she told him over the phone, “I’m going to throw a fucking rock throught [sic] that window,” and, “If your mother blocks me I am going to fucking tase her in the face.” France also alleged multiple instances of “online threats and harassment,” including snooping through his email accounts, threatening to post a video of him naked, and threatening to share private information. Le Fey also recounted an alleged incident where he physically threatened her life.[13]

Star Dust

Star Dust began as a lo-fi 8 track cassette recording experiment, recorded in many different houses across the United States.[14][15] Le Fey first released Star Dust as an EP before re-releasing it as a full length, a year later on June 3, 2014 through Gazelle Recordings, holding six additional tracks. [16]

Accompanying the release of Star Dust, Le Fey released a music video for the song "Breathing Ritual", June 2014.[17][18]

Covers Album

In November 2014, le Fey produced and self released a covers album.[7]

The Orange Glow

In May 2015 she opened for Laura Jane Grace in New York City at City Winery, and in Los Angeles at Hollywood Forever's Masonic Lodge.[19][20]

In October, she released the freak-folk album The Orange Glow on cassette through Psychedelic Thriftstore Recordings, before being signed to Wichita Recordings and re-releasing it June 10, 2016.[21][22][23][24]

Before the re-release of The Orange Glow, she premiered her music video for the opening track "Washington Moon" on February 18 of 2016.[22][24] Followed by videos for her singles “Controversial/Confrontational”[25] and "San Francisco" in April. "San Francisco" shares a name with a Foxygen song. The video was filmed at the Madonna Inn, which was the same location Foxygen's “San Francisco” was filmed, in which she appeared in during the summer of 2013.[26] A few days before the release of the album, Le Fey put out the music video for her song "Artist/Traveler".[27]

November 14, 2016 she premiered her music video for the album's title track "The Orange Glow".[28][24]

Romantic Cancer

On October 12, 2018 she released her third album Romantic Cancer through Nefarious Industries. It features guest vocals by James Felice of The Felice Brothers and was recorded at Bohemesphere Studios, in the Catskill Mountains.[29][30][31][32][33]


Musical influences

Globelamp said that Conor Oberst inspired her to start writing songs, and that as a songwriter she is inspired by Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Syd Barrett, Taylor Swift, Tori Amos and Nick Drake.[34][35][36]

Discography

Albums
Year Title Label Format
2014 Star Dust [6] Gazelle Recordings CD, digital download, cassette
2014 Covers Album [7] Self-released digital download
2015 The Orange Glow [37] Psychedelic Thriftstore Recordings, Wichita Recordings CD, LP, digital download, cassette
2018 Romantic Cancer Nefarious Industries CD, digital download

Extended Plays
Year Title label Format
2011 Globelamp self-released CD, digital download

Music videos
List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Breathing Ritual" 2014 Leslie Andrew Ridings [17][18]
"Washington Moon" 2016 Paige Stark and Janell Shirtcliff [22]
“Controversial/Confrontational” 2016 Elva Lexa [25]
"San Francisco" 2016 Elva Lexa [26]
"Artist / Traveler" 2016 Elva Lexa [27]
"The Negative" 2016 Ivan Velazquez [36]
"The Orange Glow" 2016 Angela Izzo [28][24]

References
  1. "Globelamp songwriter finds her footing". Orange County Register. December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  2. Blank, Vincenza (14 February 2017). "Psych-Folk Singer-Songwriter Globelamp Strives to Turn Her Struggles Into Art". LAweekly.com.
  3. Coxon, Elle (5 August 2016). "Folk From Avalon: Globelamp On Songwriting, Le Tigre, and Broken Teeth - August 5, 2016 - SF Weekly". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. Paradis, Alexa (8 September 2015). "On The Rise: Globelamp". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. Coplan, Christ (25 April 2016). "Globelamp channels David Bowie for new single 'Controverial/Confrontational'". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. "Globelamp - The Echo - June 2, 2014". LA Weekly. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  7. "New To Us - Globelamp". fortherabbits.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. Dolan, Ciara (9 March 2016). "Globelamp Reclaims Her Myth". portlandmercury.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. Gillespie, Blake. "Globelamp, "San Francisco"". imposemagazine.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. Vale, Madia. "BBC - Foxygen In Session". bbc.co.uk.
  11. Pelly, Jenn (25 July 2013). "Foxygen Turmoil Exposed in Blog Post, But Band Not Breaking Up - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  12. Blank, Vincenza (February 14, 2017). "Psych-Folk Singer-Songwriter Globelamp Strives to Turn Her Struggles Into Art". LA Weekly.
  13. "Foxygen's Sam France and Ex-Bandmate Elizabeth le Fey Trade Domestic Violence Claims in Court and Online". pitchfork.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  14. Knoll, Alexa (5 June 2014). "Folk-Psychedelia band, Globelamp releases solo debut 'Star Dust'". tristateindie.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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  16. Ewen, Blaine (21 September 2014). "Best New Music: Globelamp – "Star Dust"". cooperpointjournal.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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  18. Lotkhamnga, Sepaphina (2 June 2014). "Video premiere: Globelamp, 'Breathing Ritual'". buzzbands.la. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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  20. "A fearless Grace delights at Hollywood Forever". Orange County Register. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  21. BECU, Didier (12 November 2016). "Globelamp - The Orange Glow". peek-a-boo-magazine.be. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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  23. "Album bio: Globelamp - The Orange Glow [Wichita Recordings] (out Friday, June 10 2016)". mushroompromotions.com. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  24. "Music: News: Globelamp Signs To Wichita Recordings, Announces Album & Shares New Video For 'Washington Moon'". clunkmag.com. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  25. Day, Laurence (20 April 2016). "Globelamp airs psychedelic new single/video "Controversial/Confrontational"". thelineofbestift. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  26. Schneider, Meredith. "Debut - Globelamp: San Francisco". imposemagazine.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  27. Schneider, Meredith. "Globelamp finds joy in new video for "Artist/Traveler"". imposemagazine.com. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  28. "Premier: Globelamp's New Video for "The Orange Glow"". amaderus.org. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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  31. Philis (29 January 2019). "globelamp talks romantic cancer, germany, and influence". imperfectfifth. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  32. Dan, Jen. "Stereo Embers' Song Premiere: Globelamp's "Everything's A Spiral"". steroembersmagazine.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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