One of my favourites… Wake Owl are a folk group from Vancouver. Their ep, Wild Country, is outstanding. But what is interesting is that their music, organic, beautiful, folky, lends itself so well to the remix.
Where as Noah Hyde laid a little boogy behind Wake Owl… Teen Daze reaches for a different goal. His spin is an epic slow burn. The DJ saving the slowest song for last.
Teen Daze recently posted a short 4 song ep called The House on The Mountain. An ode to Spring in the Fraser Valley. He post-scripts, “All proceeds made off this record will go towards my wedding budget. Love you bean!” CUTE ATTACK!
Bouncing around the internet today is a “leak” of the Lollapalooza line-up. Maybe its right, maybe not…but I was interested to see that Vancouver’s Wake Owl would be on the bill.
The band recently wrapped showcasing in Austin at SXSW. It would make sense that they got on someone’s radar and will now head to Chicago this summer for the big festival.
The band will be announcing their tour plans…. soon. LOOK OUT!
Let’s go back and listen to that first great song… “Wild Country.”
Wake Owl create a beautiful style of indie folk. The Vancouver band’s ep is on my list for favourites for the year and a dark horse for my top 10. I had a chance to meet the boys and see them at Rifflandia V. Truthful moment… the live show at the Vic Event Center did not impress me. I think they suffered from my high expectations and maybe playing a “bigger” show than their skill set at the time. I was listening to their ep Wild Country HEAVY leading up to the show. I am not letting one good, but not great, show spoil the fun…. Wake Owl return to Victoria on December 14th for the Jon & Roy Holiday Special… this time at the beautiful Alix Goolden.
Wake Owl has also generated two spoonfuls of buzz after their song “Gold” was featured on last week’s Grey’s Anatomy.
“Gold” is a wonderous song….like the whole ep. If this is your first chance checking out Wake Owl or you have heard/ read some buzz and like what you hear, it gets better on the ep. Check out “Wild Country” or “Seaside.”
Sporting a minor sonic crush on Vancouver’s Wake Owl right now. I can’t hear the “Wild Country” enough.
Trolling Alan Cross’ blog the other day (its pretty much a daily read) he talked about how he was into these guys. Honestly, I don’t click a lot of AC’s new music recommendations because his style and mine don’t always jive (I still LOVE AC and the blog) but I guess in a moment of weakness I clicked to listen and wow. So pretty.
AC calls it Ontario cabin country music. He’s in Ontario. We’re here on the coast, so this is coast music. This is camping bonfire canned beer music.
I’ve had the song blasting pretty religiously this morning. If its on vinyl it’ll make a good home record. I find chillwave and folky stuff I listen to the most on vinyl. I guess I am usually in that mood when I’m at home.
The Morning After 