Wind in the Wires

Patrick Wolf | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tomlab
• ASIN: B0007RTB2Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Libertine

2. Teignmouth

3. The Shadowsea

4. Wind in the Wires

5. The Railway House

6. The Gypsy King

7. Apparition

8. Ghost Song

9. This Weather

10. Jacob's Ladder

11. Tristan

12. Eulogy

13. Lands End

Editorial Reviews

Second album from Patrick Wolf, released in 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trent Reznor Brought Up in the English Countryside, April 10, 2005

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wind in the Wires (Audio CD)

On his debut Lycanthropy, the very young Patrick Wolf was the literal kid in the candy shop. You can hear his delight in trying absolutely everything. But that sugar rush of ideas also caused a musical form of attention deficit disorder - the disc, effective from track to track, lacked focus. Wind in the Wires sidesteps the dreaded sophomore slump because Wolf - all of 21 now - has polished his composing talents to a high sheen. His electro-folk has precedents in everything from English madrigal to goth to Conor Oberst; his voice traces of Jeff Buckley and David Sylvain. Yet he's an original. Imagine Trent Reznor brought up in the British countryside, haunted by rainy day ghost stories instead of 21st century atrocities. Not that Wolf is stuck in another time. Far from it. His songs layer dark electronics over traditional structures that are subsequently comforting and alienating. They get under your skin. And though his subject matter often seems culled from the front pages of the London Herald circa 1880, there's certainly a post-modern slant to "Lands End", about the travesty of the music press, and "The Libertine", which I'd bet money is about - or at least inspired by - Pete Doherty.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wind In the Wires = Music To My Ears, April 15, 2005

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R O C K E T (The Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wind in the Wires (Audio CD)

Wow. How could you not admire someone like Patrick Wolf, who's not afraid to make music that is entirely his own, that embraces multiple genres without fitting into any of them? A good way to describe it maybe is: Take the uncoventional music of Radiohead, Sigur Ros, and Bjork, and toss them in a blender. Then add a whole lot of traditional Northern European instruments like viola, violin, and accordian. Then add passionate vocals that are akin to a male Bjork with a heavy English accent. What you get is something not quite folk, not quite pop, not quite electronica, but something entirely unique and mostly beautiful. His subject matter ranges from the supernatural to nature to heart-wrenching personal accounts. On the whole, I think I like this album a bit better than the first. It flows better and, unlike the first album, doesn't have any tracks that are...well...tough to listen to, such as the revealing, disturbing, hard-on-the-ears "Childcatcher" (in which I greatly respected his bravery and bluntness). "To the Lighthouse," from the first album, probably remains my favorite track of his (since it's the track that first hooked me), but "The Libertine" and the beat-driven "Tristan" blow me away and are definitely close behind. If you like traditional European folk music, unconventional pop, or heartfelt music that is completely unique, check this guy out. He deserves more attention.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, April 3, 2006

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Amanda (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wind in the Wires (Audio CD)

Simply amazing album. I happened to stumble upon this cd and fell in love. It's the kind of music I've been looking for, interesting music with soul. The songs are absolutely haunting, but in a good way. Not everyone's thing, I understand, but definitely worth a listen.