7/14/2008

Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Xiao



Wooden Wand (aka James Jackson Toth) produces a Southern gothic sound, but he's more connected to the New York anti-folk scene than he is the Georgian backwoods. Xiao opens with "Paper Trail Blues," a discordant, amelodic religious rant that's striking but obscure. The album as a whole favors long, droning songs with a ritualistic bent, and though it's a unique listening experience, it's also a tough one to connect to without intense concentration and maybe a few intoxicants. Xiao is a dangerous adventure.

WWVV - Xiao

1 komentar:

Anonim mengatakan...

wow awesome thanks, been trying to hear this and gypsy freedom for a while now.