Top Ten Song

clipped from raulisrunning.blogspot.com A Smudge On The Collective Unconscious There is no off position on the genius switch clipped from raulisrunning.blogspot.com Favorite Songs from 2007: #7 The piano builds ever so gradually but soon it is colliding with the drums, rising then cascading to the verge of collapse. But it doesn't. It is an exercise in controlled breakdown. We never fear that the song will fall apart because what we heard before proved to us that Warm in the Wake knows its formula. Yet they also know it well enough to deviate from it and reveal what else is possible--ithin reason and without spiraling out of control. It is, I suppose, a "safe" song, but it is only so because Warm in the Wake know too well what they are doing as musicians that they don't leave a wreck of a song in the wake after all is done.

Creative Loafing Best of...

clipped from atlanta.creativeloafing.com Music: Mashups Media Mashups Best '07 music made in Atlanta and Athens Published 12.26.07 By Mosi Reeves and Rodney Carmichael Here, in alphabetical order, is some of the best music made in Atlanta and Athens in 2007. • Warm in the Wake, American Prehistoric (Livewire Recordings)

Top Live Show!

clipped from rlpants.blogspot.com Echo and Sway A simple country reference librarian in the big, scary city. clipped from rlpants.blogspot.com Top Five Shows I Saw in 2007 5. Wayne Hancock, Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA 4. The New Pornographers, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 3. Fountains of Wayne, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 2. Jeff Tweedy, the Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA 1. Warm in the Wake, Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA

AJC Top 5

clipped from www.ajc.com YEAR-END REVIEW: They were the tops: Eclectic sounds, new twists and familiar faces hit the right notes. By Shane Harrison, Sonia Murray SHANE'S FAVORITE INDEPENDENT LABEL RELEASES FROM GEORGIA 1. The Black Lips —- "Good Bad Not Evil" 2. Of Montreal —- "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" 3. Warm in the Wake —- "American Prehistoric" 4. Japancakes —- "Loveless" and "Giving Machines" 5. Deerhunter —-"Cryptograms"

Top 10

clipped from shawn-avery.blogspot.com 12.21.2007 BAMA HIPSTERS LIST TOP 10 (or so) ALBUMS of 2007 - pt. 4 clipped from shawn-avery.blogspot.com JOHN P. STROHM'S TOP 10- entertainment/transactional attorney, solo-artist on superphonic records, and former member of blake babies, the lemonheads, a ntenna and others... AA Bondy : American Hearts Rogue Wave : Asleep at Heaven's Gate Warm in the Wake : American Prehistoric Bon Iver : Emma, Forever Ago Arcade Fire : Neon Bible Okkervil River : The Stage Names Dirty Projectors : Rise Above of Montreal : Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Through the Sparks : Lazarus Beach Sarah Borges : Diamonds in the Dark

Top 10

clipped from lettershomefromcamp.blogspot.com Letters Home From Camp clipped from lettershomefromcamp.blogspot.com Jay's Top 10 of the 2007 8. Warm in the Wake American Prehistoric- If Wilco and the Shins were able to have children, these guys would be it. They manage to combine the elements of spacey folk and muddy guitar rock and make a beautiful record laden with terrific storytelling and great guitar hooks.

Top 15

clipped from wordplastic.blogspot.com wordplastic clipped from wordplastic.blogspot.com Albums That I Bought This Year That Actually Came Out This Year [In Approximate Reverse Order Of How Much I Liked Them]: 15. Wilco: Sky Blue Sky --Frustratingly inconsistent. "Either Way" is absolutely beautiful. "What Light" is great. "Shake It Off" and "Side With The Seeds" seem as though they were constructed to be as irritating as possible. 14. Fionn Regan: The End Of History --He was billed as Nick Drake-like and does present a similar sound, just less haunting and slightly more background music-ish. Admittedly, I have not given it as many devoted listens as it deserves. 13. Warm In The Wake: Gold Dust Trail --Sometimes I get Warm In The Wake, Midlake, and Great Lake Swimmers all confused. Don't ask. Warm In The Wake is the slightly country-influenced one. Very pretty yet lively. 12. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga --Fun & dance-y! So many cool instruments going on, plus interesting lyrics.

PASTE Mag Blog

clipped from www.pastemagazine.com Drive By Truckers and Warm in the Wake at Variety Playhouse 9/28/07 Photos by Marvin Evangelista Blog by Sara Smith Marvin and I had the honor to go backstage with the Drive By Truckers and guests Warm in the Wake at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse last Friday evening. It was a sold out show where people were standing on the streets waving aimlessly for tickets. Warm in the Wake set the pace with energetic songs from their new album American Prehistoric which was released this fall. Drive By Truckers played an acoustic set including a few new songs. It was a pleasant surprise to see special guest Spooner Oldham, legendary piano and organ player, who is touring with the band this fall and recording on their new album coming out in early 2008. The band is currently finishing the last part of their Dirt Underneath Tour in October. Warm in the Wake Chris Rowell from Warm in the Wake Spooner Oldham and Brad Morgan

Each Note Secure

clipped from www.eachnotesecure.com The EP gave me more of a southern rock/pop feel than this full length has so far. It seems that that pop element is shining through much brighter on American Prehistoric. So I will dump some of those Band Of Horses comparisons and add on a recommended if you like The Broken West or Grandaddy for these guys. And in my book that is a very high recommendation. Be sure to sample this song below, “She’d Never Seen It” my favorite off the new album. Let me know if you dig it, and be sure to check out the full length album, which is due out next week, August 28th from Live Wire Recordings.

clipped from www.jdsmusicalalchemy.com JD’s Musical Alchemy There is a great interview with Warm in the Wake on YouTube that is well worth checking out. It’s full of some great introspective comments from the band members and a bunch of video and pictures of the guys in action.

MusicTAP

clipped from www.musictap.net Warm in the Wake American Prehistoric I love the old ‘60s pop tune gems and so, when I hear those old styles flawlessly executed by fresh new bands, I always have a tendency to sit up and pay some attention.  Yes, I’m a nostalgic bug that will likely never let go of the past but at least I have a lot of company.  Atlanta’s Warm in the Wake has a damn good idea of themselves when it comes to grown up pop tunes.  Their new album, American Prehistoric, supplies 15 solid pop tunes, all of which are filled with the ingredients of a classic offering of wonderful songs.  Listen to the perfect “Devil With a Fist” and you begin to know what I mean.

Ironworker

clipped from wildernessinthecity.blogspot.com Wilderness in the City A reflection on Music, Books, Film, Nature, Human Rights and Spirituality clipped from wildernessinthecity.blogspot.com Rock and Roll Show Alabama’s own Warm in the Wake. I loved this description. Ironworker and Post Modern French Philosophers. Gonna be interesting "Ironworker"-I worked in an iron foundry in Birmingham that was later the subject of a full hour special on PBS Frontline due to employee safety abuses. At about the same time someone was trying to teach me about this French philosopher Foucault and his high-brow "world prison" models. I used to wonder what the guys working in the foundry would think about this Foucault fellow...then I would laugh. And then a vat of molten iron blew up next to me and I quit thinking about it until I wrote this song. Great chicken pickin' on that pedal steel done by Paige Waldrop.’

Golden

clipped from raulisrunning.blogspot.com A Smudge On The Collective Unconscious clipped from raulisrunning.blogspot.com Song of the Week: Golden Inhibition Destroyer Download: Warm in the Wake - "Golden Inhibition Destroyer" Warm in the Wake's Gold Dust Trail EP has been a wonderful surprise this year. With their southern rock-inspired sound, the band offers a set of solid, pleasing songs. Some might accuse them of being My Morning Jacket ripoffs, but they're far from that. The songs swirl and toss you in unexpectedly blissful directions. "Golden Inhibition Destroyer" is the highlight of the EP. The lyrics obtusely speak of pessimism (And there's carbon and there's love/Which one will burn up/Oh, guess which one), but the sweet concoction of guitars, chimes, and piano speak of sweet tea and playful days out in the sun. When the piano and drums crash and careen in the end, just watch out! Warm in the Wake's LP, American Prehistoric, comes out August 28.

Creative Loafing ATL

clipped from blogs.creativeloafing.com First off, Warm in the Wake’s American Prehistoric is awesome. If there’s any justice in the world, it will become the next rock group to break out of Atlanta. American Prehistoric comes out via Livewire Recordings Aug. 28, and you should definitely pick up a copy. clipped from blogs.creativeloafing.com Crib Notes Just another blogs.creativeloafing.com weblog

Star Bar Rules

clipped from www.ginamo.blogspot.com Blatant Expressions of Narcissism This was taken at the Star Bar on Saturday, I went to see Warm in the Wake (and of course Sarah and Dan) they are going on tour in August so we won't be seeing them in Atlanta for a while. If anyone is in Athens (GA) this weekend they are playing at the ATHFEST. I loved the new stuff and of course the old songs are always great to hear. I'm in love with the song "Golden Inhibition Destroyer" and they played it TWICE! I'm so glad Sarah keeps me up to date on local shows so I can catch them when they are in town. It's always a great time and this week was a special treat because Jon P. Strohm (of the lemonheads) and The Preakness opened for Warm in the Wake. Anyhow I saw this in the bathroom, thought it was pretty hilarious and needed to share it. I know it has nothing to do with the music but I enjoyed that someone blatantly missed the "Do Not Kick" part.

KUCI

clipped from www.kuci.org Warm in the Wake – Gold Dust Trail (Livewire) A nice stew of the sounds of Grandaddy and the Shins with some twanginess thrown in. Twanginess, surprisingly enough, is not being recognized by the spellcheck program. Neither is “spellcheck”. Dude, Microsoft Word. Why you gotta throw salt in my game like that?

Warm in the Wake: Gold Dust Trail - Muse

Warm in the Wake: Gold Dust Trail - Muse

Com Radio

clipped from www.grcmc.org Grand Rapids Community Media Center about calendar television radio wealthy theatre education media literacy npo services WARM IN THE WAKE Gold Dust Trail Have you ever gone to 7-11 and purchased a big gulp with the contents of said big gulp being all of the various taps of soda pop and punch and what have you. Well yes, I'm going to us that type of metaphor here. Grab your WITW cup and pour in some Neil Young, Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Chris Isaak (vocally speaking), The Shins, Wilco, Grandaddy, and My Morning Jacket. This Atlanta 4 piece offers a solid effort on this 7 song ep.

Louisville Courier-Journal

clipped from www.courier-journal.com Southern psychedelia By Jeffrey Lee Puckett The EP's best song, "Golden Inhibition Destroyer," is the tiniest epic ever. Without the slightest bit of specificity, it manages to create a world of missed opportunity, fatal hesitancy and an aching sadness: "There's carbon and there's love/Which one burns up/Oh, guess which one." Your first two guesses don't count, and by the time Christopher Rowell leads up to the song's cascading big finish by repeating "Is it all there is?" the tension between happy and sad is palpable and almost delicious. Jeffrey Lee Puckett is SCENE's pop music editor and oversees this page.

Warm in the Wake promoting 'golden' EP - Out & About

Warm in the Wake promoting 'golden' EP - Out & About

clipped from keepitonrepeat.wordpress.com Keep It On Repeat clipped from keepitonrepeat.wordpress.com Memories of tenth grade rowing escapades, where if we were unfortunate enough to be caught in the wake of a passing boat we would be splashed with the anything-but-warm water of the river, surfaced when I first saw the name of this four-piece from Atlanta. They’ve already been mentioned heaps by other bloggers, but having just caught on to them, it’s imperative that I commit a post to them; I think I’ve kept them on repeat for about six times now, and I’m still looking forward to the next loop. Anyway, their music is anything but cold; it kind of envelops you in warm, fuzzy, feel good guitars and steady backing drum beats which makes me think of Death Cab For Cutie.

Alabama boys pull listeners with hot, catchy CD - Variety

Alabama boys pull listeners with hot, catchy CD - Variety

Mewzik

clipped from youlovemymewzick.blogspot.com Also, today I was sent some choice MP3's from Live Wire Recordings, home to the band I mentioned a few posts down, The Winter Sounds. One of the tracks that stuck out most to me was by these guys, Warm in the Wake. They remind me of a more western influenced Grizzly Bear or Papercuts. Superb vocals. Lovely keyboard. Gold Dust Trail was released this past February. I'm a fan.