Friday, August 31, 2007

Each Note Secure

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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.

JD's Musical Alchemy

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.



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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.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Ironworker


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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.’

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Golden


A Smudge On The Collective Unconscious




Song of the Week: Golden Inhibition Destroyer




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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.