Solo Albums:
Sleeping in My Kitchen: A Diary from Minneapolis
July, 2019
a lo-fi folk album chock full of honest songs
“A rustic, tea-steeped warble, indie-folk singer-songwriter Eli Ruffer stretches his proverbial wings to brood upon his own juggling act of time and a youth that is fading as quickly as rose petals. “Laughing Falls” is an organic and profoundly plainspoken piece that unearths the unease by which we perceive time’s merciless hand.”
a performance of ‘In The City’ featuring oddities from my Minneapolis apartment
The scamps
a folk band with a punk attitude, formed in Minneapolis in 2017. We traded lead vocal duties and instruments. This is a song from our EP of demos.
Wanna Hear a Song?
January, 2019
a (slightly) less lo-fi folk comedy album chock full of silly (but still honest) songs
“Eli Ruffer’s Wanna Hear A Song is not a ‘heart-wrencher.’ It’s a satire. Ruffer calls himself out and reminds artists of their own fragile egos in a way that doesn’t sting as much as it makes you laugh and feel less alone in your silly insecurities.”
The Karate Squids
a college indie rock band—where I played bass and produced our 2015 EP called The Squids Are Alright
and a live music video I made of our performance at Carleton College’s 2016 Spring Concert