Among Wolves

NEWSAmong Wolves are being played now on 89.7 WTMD so makes sure you listen and request our stuff.Keep your eyes out for the forthcoming Beechfields compilation cd which will feature a new Among Wolves song that is not found on our self-titled album.For booking info - please email [email protected] or contact us on our myspace page.REVIEWS************************************************ ****************"Among Wolves mixes a little Beechwood Sparks, with a little Sadies and a touch of Jayhawks to get at their hybrid sunny California-jangle-pop meets midwestern americana rock." Songs: Illinois**************************************************** ************"This whole indie alt-country thing is amazing ain’t it? Among Wolves is another notch on that freakin’ rad belt. Formed in Philly in ’01, they began to record lo-fi alt-country tunes and then moved to Baltimore where the group really started to take shape. Using such diverse instruments as a theremin, short wave radios, toys, synthesizers, and old Casio keyboards, Among Wolves is not what you might expect out of alt-country. But when they break out the lap steel, upright bass, and banjo they most certainly are. How often can you say you’ve heard a band capable of managing all of that and not sounding like a total disaster? Indeed this collection of tunes is accessible, digestible, and yet firmly to the left of anything you’d ever hope to find popping up in the mainstream (or underground for that matter). Devilishly clever, you wonder if they were at that famous crossroads along with Robert Johnson making a deal too." Smother: J-Sin******************************************************* *********"Among Wolves provides the perfect Grizzly Beach Boy/House harmonies to start and end your days." Butter Team******************************************************** ********The record itself contains a little bit of both rock and country, with many very strong songs. Among Wolves does a very capable job of being imitative—aping Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-era on “When We’re Dead,” and pure Summerteeth on “Bottle”), Ryan Adams (“The Weight”), or the Beach Boys (unashamedly, on “Baltimore”). But the band is at its best when at its most original, and coincidentally, most country. Tunes like “Hard to Die” and “Seems to Me” are driven by free-and-easy backbeats and textured instrumentals from the lap steel and banjo. And even though the coarse flashiness of Haywood’s delivery and the droning, stoner-rock guitars of “Black Eyed Susan” recall Yo La Tengo, the song explodes nicely into three shout-n-clap-along choruses. Urbanite: Robbie Whelan****************************************************** ********** AMONG WOLVES- S/T- THE BEECHFIELDS- Philly guys who seem like they play truly cos’ they love it. The kind guys who probably don’t care if they ever get signed to a big label and practice 4 times a week for 8 hours at a clip. I hear bits of My Morning Jacket and Neil Young. I really liked Jason Butcher’s “Hard to Die.” dagger zine?******************************************************* *********Bottle-Swirling organ recalls the psychedelic 60’s flavor of dance, with some extremely cool guitar crunching during the last minute of the song. I’ve tried to dream the lyrics deeply and see how much they affect he dance? “How come when I ask you the simplest question. . .Do you love him? You said that you loved him I guess you changed your mind.” I haven’t found the answer because I’m too busy moving to think. Definitely a tune to keep the dance floor filled on hump day, while the bottles of beer and other beverages sit on the table gathering water beads for 2 ½ minutes. Those bottles sure look good after dancing so hard, but get a few slugs in quick cause these guys drag you right back up with the shoutout tune, Just In Case. This tune takes us on a completely different, slower dance movement, and includes a deeper story. Very cool played back-to-back. Hard to Die-“I’m fast asleep in the colour of your eyes.” Don’t fret the words, this lovely lively hump day tune have my feet smiling happily even as I gulp down a plate of chips and a nice iced cold long necked Lone Star. It’s easy to hear the tambourine man swinging that tiny instrument back and forth around my legs as I head up one side of the floor and down the other. The musicians could be from next door, or from 2000 miles away in California, or 2000 miles in the other direction in Massachussetts. Universal American dance music. The shout-out tune, When We’re Dead” slows down the dance and features more flavors as we hear “the tree are on fire” and visit small town America and hear the “church bells ringing from the steeple in your town.” Eartaste**************************************************** ************to get our new record go herewww.thebeechfields.comor go here
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