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Baltimore, MD (2006 – present)

Formed in mid-2006, Wye Oak (formerly known as Monarch) are Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack. Jenn & Andy have been playing music together and apart in Baltimore, MD, and chose their name from the honorary state tree of Maryland. If Children is the culmination of many months of recording, polishing and perfecting to achieve what Any Given Tuesday best described as, “. … . mingling in a room full of shoegaze, alt-country, folk, and noise, shaking hands, kissing cheeks, and making friends with everyone.” If Children is an exuberant debut – noisy and restrained in turn, Wye Oak describe their philosophy: “We’d like to think that if a song is good enough, it’ll stand on its own regardless of how much noise you pile on top. On the other hand, we do like noise.” Listen, and we think you will have to agree!

The droll tone and fleeting sweetness of a Yo La Tengo are cut into the more deeply textural concerns of shoegaze in the Baltimore group’s work. It’s an interesting alignment, given the contrast in senses of humor. But Wye Oak successfully shed tonnage from the latter without losing potency.

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  • John_Ridd

    шел бы ты отсюда, петушок) охуенные!

    Tuesday afternoon

  • limonad_limonad

    пойдёт.

    17 days ago

  • sorayadf

    The Walking Dead brought me here :') (2) Thanks to God! HAHAHAHA

    19 days ago

  • LiveBootlegs

    Wye Oak - Live @ Sasquatch Festival, Seattle, USA, 28-05-2011 http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.pt/

    27 days ago

  • a_moreux

    The Walking Dead brought me here :')

    27 days ago

  • thir-teen

    @Stoeckli, Civilian was used in the tenth episode of season 2

    last month

  • Debaser987

    Amazing live. Saw them open for Lou Barlow at a tiny club here in Madison right before the last record dropped as well as at SXSW that year before Wild Flag - stellar shows both times. Jenn can rip seams in the universe with her guitar and Andy is practically an octopus back on the drums/keyboards.

    last month

  • Stoeckli

    what's up with these "walking dead" comments? did they make a soundtrack? and btw, does someone know who made the "intro track" of the walking dead??

    last month
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New Album July 21st - "The Knot"

19 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/wyeoak

Wye Oak will release their new album, The Knot, on July 21st. The Knot was written and recorded by Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner in rural Cumberland, MD and in their Baltimore living room.Jenn and …

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