Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Vo Gipsy Freedom 4/14/09

Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Vo Gipsy Freedom 4/14/09Gipsy Freedom is the sound of the band combining their influences more fluently than ever before. While past releases saw the band's avant folk dosed somewhat conservatively with the blues, free jazz, heavy psych and metal, Gipsy Freedom brings these other, non folk elements to the fore and generally turns the volume up. You may hear the faint echoes of Island Harvest era Albert Ayler on one track, Iommi derived riffage on the next, torch songs that

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but Dark Glow reminds us to listen to what its really sayingto not be distracted by mere beauty

King took his "captive audience" through a set peppered with staples of his impressive canon

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From the Byrds-y opener "Nothing I Can Say" to the subtly wrenching "Wrong Town" and the gorgeous folk-picking of "Now That She's Gone" we hear Tony synthesizing his influences with great skill and intention These classic folk and pop styles are being employed in the service of stellar songs and universal lyrical truths