HARP Review!

clipped from harpmagazine.com Warm in the Wake American Prehistoric Livewire Being indie and sincere is a tough line to straddle, but Atlanta-based quartet Warm in the Wake walks that tightrope admirably on its debut LP. Blending shimmering, space-pop with country-fried Americana, the 15 tracks on American Prehistoric strike a fine balance between the lush psychedelia of the Flaming Lips and the folksy flavor of cosmic cowboys the Byrds. Slow-burners like “Airport Girl” and “Reservoir” mix seamlessly with rockers like “Pawn Shop Heart” and “She’d Never Seen It,” frontman Christopher Rowell’s warm, inviting vocals the central stitch binding the album together. But the unsung hero has to be keys guru Daniel Barker, whose otherworldly synth instrumental jams transport American Prehistoric from being just another cynical indie rock album to a precocious compilation of beautiful soundscapes and thoughtful meditations on America in the 21st century. By Andy Tennille

Paste Magazine - BAND OF THE WEEK

Head on over to PasteMagazine.com and read the article on the band complete with a review of the Speak Plainly EP!

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SPEAK PLAINLY REVIEW

clipped from absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com Absolute Powerpop clipped from absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com Warm In The Wake-Speak Plainly. Staying in the south, AbPow favorite Warm In The Wake is back with their second EP, following up last year's American Prehistoric full-length. They continue to hone their Wilco meets Teenage Fanclub sound, and leadoff track "Explorer" is about as perfect an example of that sensibility as one can get, while "Middle Eastern Feathers" is an acoustic gem. Meanwhile, closing track "Place Change" is a matching bookend to "Explorer". These guys continue to be about as good as indie pop gets.

Swims with the Fishes

clipped from jerusrockblog.blogspot.com Rock Blog Warm In The Wake Warm In The Wake-The EARL (Thursday, May 1, 2008) I haven't felt much like blogging like a blogger these days, and thus, I am behind on updating this here thing. So, here goes... I've been meaning to see Warm In The Wake for a while now, and this opening slot for American Music Club was the perfect opportunity. WITW is the new band formed by Chris Rowell, formerly of Atlanta's King Lear Jet. They have a nifty little EP that came out early last year called Gold Dust Trail, and I have been lax in picking up their full-length, American Prehistoric. Anyway, I knew they'd be good live, and they were. They projected weird and scary looking sea life behind them as they played, and that's some sort of jellyfish, or something, behind them in this photo. Plus, some guy proposed to his girlfriend on stage (a friend of the band's), and she said yes, and it was lovely. Moving on...

Vandy Rocks....

clipped from www.insidevandy.com MUSIC: Nothing ‘Prehistoric’ about Warm in the Wake By Andrew Levy Standing center stage at the Cannery Ballroom last semester, I witnessed a band that understood just that. I arrived early to get a good seat for the headlining act, Drive-By Truckers, but from the moment that Warm in the Wake hit their first chord, they had grabbed my complete attention. They jammed out. They rocked my face off. They threw the audience in so many sensational musical directions that I found myself wondering how they were an opener. Today, I remember many more highlights from Warm in the Wake than the Truckers that night. From that day on, I have followed and enjoyed all of the band's new releases, and I can't wait to see them at work again on Mar. 22. Readers, listeners and music connoisseurs alike: I invite you all to rejoice in this new work from this up-and-coming band. Do not wait to pick up Warm in the Wake's new release, and prepare yourself for this promising masterpiece of rock.

Daggerzine Review

clipped from www.daggerzine.com 12.17.07 Warm In The Wake AMERICAN PRHISTORIC-- (LIVE WIRE)- A lovely mix of acoustic guitars, analog synths and dreamy vocals from this Atlanta bunch and I have to tell you, I went from not liking this record to sorta liking it to loving it in the past 10 minutes. Leader Chris Rowell is onto something here…in the same ballpark as Band of Horses, Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips but still unique enough to stand in a different line. “Pawn Shop Heart” is an epic, cosmic rocker that swirls and sways and ends before you want it to while the title track is epic in a different way as it soars n’ swoops and never quite lands on terra firma. “She’d never Seen It” is like the Feelies fighting The Byrds on angel dust or peyote or lots of pot. Ok, after I finish this review I’m going to call up every human being I know and tell them to buy this record. Now go wait for your call! www.livewirerecordings.net

Best of 2007

clipped from muchoftenfardeeply.blogspot.com clipped from muchoftenfardeeply.blogspot.com I wish I had the time or the gumption* to think really hard and seriously consider which albums** were better for what reasons or what films are most important to the history of cinema. Alas, I'd rather just throw down some crazy list of superlatives based on the artists that held my attention most and the films I actually got to see. Besides, as someone recently pointed out, no one could possible listen to or watch everything. But I swear in '08 I'm gonna try. records worth an honorable mention: Jeremy Fisher - Blue Monday The Everybodyfields - Nothing is Okay Mexican Institute of Sound - Piñata Bishop Allen - The Broken String Peter, Bjorn, and John - Writer's Block The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour Warm in the Wake - American Prehistoric Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River MIA - Kala