Elika's debut album 'Trying Got Us Nowhere' was recorded, mixed & produced in Los Angeles in July 2007 by Jason Martin of Starflyer 59 fame. Whilst working with Elika, Jason commented: "These kids are so good, they could battle the sun." Released on Monday 18th February to coincide with the British tour, this album is Elika's first release on Fiercely Independent Records, a UK-based independent record label. Formed in New York in 2005 by Evagelia Maravelias and Brian Wenckebach, Elika describe their dreamy music as "blissed-out ambience with head-nodding beats that range from Downtempo to Trance to IDM." They mix spacey female vocals with gauzy, textured guitars, field recordings, and crisp drum programming to create incredibly visual songs with the atmosphere of childhood and layers of detail. Describing their influences, Eva and Brian include Slowdive and Boards of Canada combined with elements from My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, and Flying Saucer Attack.