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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.
http://www.wyeoakmusic.com
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.
http://www.wyeoakmusic.com
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johannez1 wrote:
And Civilian is definitely one of the, if not THE, best album of 2011. And their cover of Danzig's Mother blows my mind, the original is imo pretty boring, but the Wye Oak version is just beyond epic. Well, I could say about a million more things I love about Wye Oak, but I'd better not spam too much. Hah.
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johannez1 wrote:
They're just perfect <3 Jenn's vocals are so beautiful, and she's fucking amazing at playing guitar too. And Andy's awesome too, I love his vocals on Regret. This is definitely the best band I've discovered in a looong time. Really fucking love them, they should be huge.
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Nujablessed wrote:
Brilliant.
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MaoKato wrote:
I love this band, I haven't felt like this since I listened to Interpol for the first time. I could listen to this album Cilivian again and again all day. The part of the song Cilivian 'I still can't kiss my own neck' great lyrics.
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Gripton wrote:
Please, if you're remotely interested check out my warm review of Civilian over at - www.spittingdistance.co.uk/reviews/wye-oak-civilian. Just getting the site up and running, any feedback would be appreciated.
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kojondo wrote:
ahhhhhh it's crazy that i've been following them since i downloaded their first album by chance when it first came out. it's insane that they're on the walking dead now.
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monicabhooper wrote:
Jenn & Andy have been playing music together and apart in Baltimore, MD, and chose their name from the honorary state tree of Maryland.
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Milkman519 wrote:
One of those bands where I like their music but I just want to ask "what the fuck is up with that name?"
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dancingfool wrote:
best show last year, I felt kinda bad because they played all the request I made shouting obligingly family glue <3
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Art-dicted wrote:
An article about Wye Oak on www.frenchysymphony.com
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ehk2 wrote:
"earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream pop" good description!, via wiki
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youngandgifted wrote:
Wye Oak's Civilian is one of Ca Va Cool's ten best albums of 2011: http://www.cavacool.com/feature/best-albums-2011-part-2/
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CemreKilic wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oomp8JBywts PERFECTTT!!!
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happysnowfish wrote:
civilian is perfect to listen to on repeat while programming all day... lol
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johannez1 wrote:
Oh, wow. I've only very recently discovered them, completely in love with them (as I've said before), and NOW I see that they played in Sweden just a little more than a month ago... I'm not very happy at the moment................
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johannez1 wrote:
Naah, it's been 60. Gahh, this band is so fucking amazing, Dog's Eyes, For Prayer and Civilian = perfection <3
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rustedembrace wrote:
Did the listeners just double in a few days? or maybe its been 60 the whole time? i thought it was 30 before.
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StormandStatic wrote:
This is getting bumped all over the web on end-of-year lists. Hopefully it nets them some more publicity! Awesome band.
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johannez1 wrote:
Found them thanks to Titus Andronicus, Jenn's vocals on their song To Old Friends and New are just amazing. Pretty much in love with Wye Oak now.
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neukolin wrote:
отличный альбом, одна из лучших пластинок года я думаю
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The Independent, San Francisco CA, United States
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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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