REVIEW: Wake Owl - Wild Country EP

Wake Owl is singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron, native of Vancouver and current resident of Portland, along with Aiden Briscall (violin, electric guitar), Josh Daignault (bass, clarinet), and Andy Shauf (drums, clarinet). Their new EP is out today (Jan. 29) on Vagrant Records.

We've written about them before - since first discovering them back in the fall (WYMA Post here) and again recently, when the video for the lead track, "Gold" was released (WYMA Post here).

And for another take, here's a remix of "Gold" by Noah Hyde/Magic Sword:



What we liked about that first song, and now the rest of the EP, is Cameron's strong clear, voice and the clarity with which the group plays. Like Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Wake Owl put everything right up front - nothing is obscured, and it all fits together well.

Here they are performing "Gold" recently - proof, if needed, that Cameron will be able to bring his strong but delicate music across in a live setting:



You'll be able to catch them live in February and March:

FEB. 8 SEATTLE, WA SUNSET TAVERN

FEB. 9 PORTLAND, OR BUNK BAR

FEB. 14 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7^th STREET ENTRY

FEB. 16 MILWAUKEE, WI CACTUS CLUB*

FEB. 17 CHICAGO, IL OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK

FEB. 20 BOSTON, MA CAFÉ 939

FEB. 22 NEW YORK, NY ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL (Stage 2)

FEB. 23 PHILADELPHIA, PA FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH

FEB. 25 VIENNA, VA JAMMIN JAVA

FEB. 26 PITTSBURGH, PA BRILLOBOX

FEB. 28 NASHVILLE, TN BASEMENT

MAR. 3 KANSAS CITY, MO RIOT ROOM

MAR. 4 DENVER, CO HI-DIVE

MAR. 7 LOS ANGELES, CA HOTEL CAFÉ

MAR. 8 SAN FRANCISCO, CA HOTEL UTAH

MAR. 9 SANTA CRUZ, CA CREPE PLACE

You can now buy the EP at iTunes or at Amazon.

Wake Owl website