Matthew Boney (vocals, lead guitar, piano), Jeff Simmons (vocals, guitar, laptop, stylo and xylophones), Chris Hutton (drums), Alan Singley (keys), and various wildly-talented friends/collaborators give us a blazing, white-hot, 12-track piece of American music; American like ‘70s Dylan (see: Street Legal), American like delta blues, like Big Star and Wilco and Tom Petty and the Boss himself.
But where Bruce and his E. Street boys go for the straight-up, W.
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Matthew Boney (vocals, lead guitar, piano), Jeff Simmons (vocals, guitar, laptop, stylo and xylophones), Chris Hutton (drums), Alan Singley (keys), and various wildly-talented friends/collaborators give us a blazing, white-hot, 12-track piece of American music; American like ‘70s Dylan (see: Street Legal), American like delta blues, like Big Star and Wilco and Tom Petty and the Boss himself.
But where Bruce and his E. Street boys go for the straight-up, W.N. go for the straight up with the crooked, the sideways swingin’, and—sometimes—the totally effing cracked. This is avant-country, tripped-out folk, and weirdo ballads. It’s anthems, but it’s anthems set squarely in absurd-as-hell 2008. (If you catch some epic White Album vibe from this, you’re not off base.)
Behold the NEW psychedelic rock. Everything is over. Everything is old. Everything is broken. Wooden Nickle are the new guys. Behold the future. – Adam David
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…shrink me down again
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