mingtp
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Wolf People Stuff
Nov 14, 2009, 18:08
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They've signed to Jagjaguwar and are releasing this in February:
WOLF PEOPLE
Tidings LP (JAG158, released: 02/23/10)
"Tidings is the first dark and frenzied offering from London's Wolf People -- an alchemistic compendium of English classic rock that has been doused in wine, its pages left red-stained, blurred and melded in the most interesting ways.
The quartet -- and first UK rock band to join the Jagjaguwar inner circle -- is eager to stress that Tidings is not a proper album per se. Collected from recordings made by Jack Sharp in Bedford, England between 2005 and 2007 (and mostly before the band as it exists now was formed), Tidings is wild with tape hiss, feedback and background noise -- a fecund broth of sounds competing for the listener's attention.
Stitched together in a style reminiscent of Faust or early Mothers Of Invention, the songs lay nestled in snatches of field recordings, winding tapes, squealing feedback, studio outtakes and the voices of dead relatives. The tunes themselves are full of hissing guitars, distorted blues harmonica, acid rock, mystical flutes and crackling tape, often based on updated versions of classic blues structures and half-remembered English folk songs.
These recordings form the prehistory of a band that have recently garnered a reputation for blistering live performances around the UK: Wolf People have supported Dinosaur Jr, Tinariwen, Witchcraft, Sleepy Sun, Malcolm Mooney and Voice Of The Seven Woods among others.
Their sound has evolved to include the diverse influences and musicianship of Jack's three colleagues and, as such,Tidings serves as an index of possibilities, whetting the appetite for the band's debut LP, which is due for release on Jagjaguwar later in 2010." (Jagjaguwar site)
SONG LIST:
Season Pt. 1
Black Water
Interlude: Plains/Banjoe
Cotton Strands
Interlude: Circle/Viking/Colours
Storm Cloud
Interlude: Grandfather
Interlude: Scraps
October Fires
Interlude: Mercy Fragment
April
Untitled
Interlude: Cotton Fragment
Empty Heart
Season Pt. 2
(vinyl only, sadly)
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAG158
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mingtp
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 04, 2010, 23:44
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only a couple of weeks away peeps...
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Moon Cat
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 16:15
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Cheers. Shall await with bated breath.
Weird it's coming out around the same time as the new Wolfman movie. Serendiptitous Lupinidity!
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Moon Cat
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Edited Feb 05, 2010, 19:27
Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 19:15
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Moon Cat wrote: Cheers. Shall await with bated breath.
Weird it's coming out around the same time as the new Wolfman movie. Serendiptitous Lupinidity!
Erm...speaking of serendipity, I know I'm quite good at the serendipitous sniff when it comes to music but this is coinkydinkular nuts!
After I was done here I had to go about my business after and I nipped into Vinyl Exchange for my first sniff of the year. Well, blow me chunks with a hover-mo, but a quick rummage revealed unto me..."Wolf People - Tidings" on a promo CDR for.....£4. Well, fancy that!!
I'd prefer the full on vinyl assemblage really, but one surely doesn't turn down a piece of weird, synchronous luck like that.
I shall look forward to playing it in me pod tonight!
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mingtp
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 19:48
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Ooh you jammy toerag, nice work Moonie.
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Moon Cat
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 19:51
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I'm sure some fiendish copying can be done at some juncture. Not that I wanna take the food out of WP's mouths of course. But, if it's vinyl only and that causes probs for some folk....
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Mule
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 20:06
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'Cotton Strands' is on the very wonderful Jagjaguwar CD with this month's Uncut, their first decent CD in ages.
For anyone in London, they'll be launching Tidings at the Lexington on Pentonville Rd on 16 Feb.
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mingtp
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 05, 2010, 23:24
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Moon Cat wrote: I'm sure some fiendish copying can be done at some juncture. Not that I wanna take the food out of WP's mouths of course. But, if it's vinyl only and that causes probs for some folk....
Fingers crossed no need - Jack from WP assured me Tidings will be available on download. But he also said that the vinyl (no CD, you're right) comes with a download code.
And... you can pick up the vinyl from Amazon for £10.99. Barge-in I reckon meself.
That said, if I'd seen a CD-R for 4 measly squid I'd have snapped it up lickety-split like you did.
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Moon Cat
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Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 07, 2010, 20:22
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Played it quite a lot in the last 24 hours. Totally great! Arooooo!
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mingtp
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Edited Feb 13, 2010, 17:10
Re: Wolf People Stuff
Feb 13, 2010, 17:09
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The new WP website (http://www.wolfpeople.co.uk/) linked to a comp they did for Aquarium Drunkard (http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2010/01/21/diversions-wolf-people-a-musical-cultural-exchange-a-medley/).
The comp tracklist is:
01 Edgar Broughton Band - House of Turnabout
02 Mighty Baby - I'm from the country
03 Tractor - All ends up
04 Lightyears Away - Path of Stone
05 Third World War 'Ascension Day'
06 Walrus - Never gonna let my body touch the ground
07 Kaleidoscope - Cuckoo
08 Spirit - The Other Song
09 Mu - Nobody wants to shine
10 The Young Bloods - Four in the Morning
11 Ars Nova - March of the Mad Dukes Circus
It's bloody great. Thanks to Jack Wolf for hooking me up as the links are now dead on Aquarium Drunkard.
You have to hear this shit, it floats my boat big-time.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/670yib
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