Last summer season, the indie pop trio Elephant Kind<\/a> made an enormous leap: uprooting from their house nation of Indonesia to maneuver to London for his or her music. It\u2019s a transfer that\u2019s the topic of their new documentary, From Indo to England<\/i>, which NME<\/i> is internet hosting solely right here together with a chat about their new EP \u2018Superblue\u2019 and extra. Check all of it out under.<\/p>\n In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Elephant Kind are a recognized amount: their albums \u2018City J\u2019 and \u2018The Greatest Ever\u2019 have racked up thousands and thousands of streams and the band have opened for the likes of The xx<\/a> and Franz Ferdinand<\/a>. But for the following part of their profession, the band determined to maneuver to London sight unseen.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have any history [in London],\u201d frontman Bam Mastro instructed NME<\/i>. \u201cWe\u2019ve never been to London before this. We\u2019re new. We\u2019re just three immigrants walking around the city going \u2018yo, listen to our music\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Elephant Kind \u2013 rounded out by drummer Bayu Adisapoetra and bassist Kevin Septanto \u2013\u00a0have since began to make ripples of their adopted nation. Billboards and posters aplenty went up in London and Manchester to advertise their new EP \u2018Superblue\u2019, which dropped on the finish of March, and at this time (May 4) they\u2019ll play their first headline present in Manchester at 33 Oldham Street \u2013 discover tickets right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n As Elephant Kind slowly carve out a profession in London, taking part in small exhibits and incomes new followers, Bayu stated he finds himself experiencing deja vu \u2013 echoes of the band\u2019s experiences after they had been beginning out in 2013.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t straightforward for Elephant Kind to surrender their hard-won success in Indonesia to return to sq. one in London. \u201cAs an artist where a lot of people have taken a liking to your music, you would want to sustain that,\u201d Bam stated. \u201cAnd once you lose that, you kind of miss that feeling: when you see someone at the mall, and they come up to you and say \u2018I love your music\u2019, and playing for thousands of people and they\u2019re singing along to your lyrics.\u201d<\/p>\n But when a label got here knocking \u2013\u00a0Mola Records, which Elephant Kind at the moment are signed to \u2013\u00a0and the alternatives to carry out in London, after which transfer to the town emerged, the band determined to fulfill the problem. Elephant Kind then launched into the monthslong technique of transferring throughout the globe, sorting visas and ensuring i\u2019s had been dotted and t\u2019s crossed (and, for Bam, in between attending his personal wedding ceremony).<\/p>\n![\"Elephant](\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/elephant-kind-2@2000x1270.jpg\")