The Knot

Wye Oak | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Merge Records
• ASIN: B002AKALZ2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Barbed Sophmore Album, December 21, 2009

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Christopher Broome - See all my reviews
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The Knot finds Wye Oak strengthening their songcraft and moving their interplay into more muscular territory. The little legend goes that the group's debut "If Children" was recorded before the band became a touring unit. The songs featured precious multi-tracked vocals and hinted at Phil Elvrum's safest Microphones work. By the release of "The Knot", Wye Oak found their identity as an exceptional live band and started writing songs with performance in mind. The resulting feels a little more country than folk, quite a bit more of the loud-soft dynamics, but the noise builds into white hot squalls not mainstream neo-grunge singalongs. Stack & co also found the best way to record Wasner's vocal tracks: lonesome in light reverb, the Chan Marshall treatment. A good reference point would be Deer Tick's more rough songs (a group they often tour with) except with knowing, somber vocals.

The tepid reception from the press struck me as odd. Its as though the national writers pegged Wye Oak as a sister band to (fellow Maryland/Baltimore act) Beach House, and couldn't appreciate a solid "indie-rock" platter from the group.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Baltimore, April 9, 2010

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Phil Hostetter (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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I know I'm supposed to really like Beach House, but Wye Oak is a far better exemplar of the music of Baltimore. This is one I can listen to over and over and not get bored. A very unique and warm sound.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Knot a sleeper, September 14, 2009

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Shawn A. Conner (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
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The Knot is definitely a grower. The songs are deceptively simple, or maybe deceptively complicated--v. melodic folk/pop overladen with Jenn's guitar textures. "Siamese" is one of the best tunes on here, but I also love the way the first three tracks flow into each other.