Wye Oak: The Knot – VINYL LP

Title: The Knot
Artist: Wye Oak
Label: Merge Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 673855034614
Genre: Indie Rock/Pop
Release Date: 2011-10-24
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD

Wye Oak started as two friends (Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack) recording songwriting demos together, but their basement project has since evolved to include tours of America and Europe, and a home on legendary label Merge Records. The Knot reflects that burgeoning confidence and comfort while maintaining the intimacy and emotional directness that are the band’s hallmarks. A set of songs that sway, stretch, and scream while always reaching outward for personal connection. As ever, Andy Stack’s production layers his own multi-instrumental arrangements over Jenn Wasner’s woozy compositions, but musically, too, things sound more precise. There’s less squalling feedback than before, but lingering violin and pedal steel bring out the droning Americana that has always informed Wye Oak’s sound.

Tracks:
1.1 Milk and Honey
1.2 For Prayer
1.3 Take It in
1.4 Siamese
1.5 Talking About Money
1.6 Mary Is Mary
1.7 Tattoo
1.8 I Want for Nothing
1.9 That I Do
1.10 Sight, Flight