Showing posts with label Blood Oaths of the New Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blood Oaths of the New Blues. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Wooden Wand's Blood Oaths of the New Blues Reviewed On Relix!

"For six or seven years now, at least, Toth has been writing the kind of brooding tunes that Leonard Cohen would have written had he been raised in a Southern Pentecostal church before backsliding into the role of troubadour." Read the full review now on Relix.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Pitchfork Loves Wooden Wand's Latest "Blood Oaths of the New Blues!"

"Like the finest work of Richard Buckner or Phosphorescent, Blood Oaths of the New Blues recasts songs that could have come from country music or the blues or Bob Dylan in an intricate Americana gloaming. At last, Toth treats the words and the arrangements with the same ingenuity and devotion, arriving at the most accessible and narcotic record of his career." Read the complete review on Pitchfork!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Wooden Wand's "Supermoon" Video Premiered On Stereogum!

"We’ve got a new Wooden Wand video today, from the band’s forthcoming LP, Blood Oaths Of The New Blues. The song is an aching alt-country ballad with a quietly crushing lyric — Toth’s voice has never sounded better or more haunting — and the clip is every bit as somber, meditative, and dark." Check it out now on Stereogum!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Pitchfork Premieres Wooden Wand's New Single "Southern Colorado Song"

"Following last year's double-dip set of releases, Death Seat and Briarwood, James Jackson Toth's Wooden Wand project returns on January 8, 2013 (a day before in Europe) with a new album, Blood Oaths of the New Blues." Listen now on Pitchfork!