Stephen Mejias

Wye Oak

Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 6, 2009

Wye Oak is a sort of American folk duo. Andy Stack plays drums and keys (at the same time), while Jenn Wasner sings and absolutely wails on the guitar. This is a video for their song, "Please Concrete," from their 2008 debut If Children.

If Children is great, but the new album, The Knot, writhes and burns and delights. You can read more about it in the October issue of Stereophile. I hope you will. For now, you can go to Merge and stream the entire album. I think you should. If The Knot isn't released on vinyl, I might have to kill someone. Or buy the compact disc, dammit.

COMMENTS
Trey's picture
Submitted by Trey (not verified) on August 6, 2009 - 10:16am

Wow, it has a nice, hypnotic and sad quality that is really quite moving. I need to go hear some more.

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Submitted by freenwood (not verified) on August 7, 2009 - 12:54pm

These folks are from the lovely town of Baltimore, btw. Sorry, just had to mention it.

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Submitted by Stephen Mejias (not verified) on August 7, 2009 - 1:41pm

Yes, and I read that the wye oak is Maryland's state tree. Baltimore rocks.

freenwood's picture
Submitted by freenwood (not verified) on August 14, 2009 - 9:14am

B'more does indeed rock, thanks Stephen. This is a great local music blog (featuring copious samples) if anyone's interested:http://auralstates.com/

SM's picture
Submitted by SM (not verified) on September 15, 2009 - 6:42am

Nice.

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