Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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 7th 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.

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