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

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.’