Wovenhand : The Laughing Stalk LP w/cd

'The Laughing Stalk' mines the bottomless chasm of a desperate man at the mercy of an inscrutable God. The rhythms are insistent, the guitars unyielding, and melodies are potent and unrestrained. David Eugene Edwards is as much a force of nature as ever, pulling the entire band forward with the strength of his voice, as if it had its own gravitational field. One can't quite grab ahold of a singular style--each note is informed by the royal heritages and traditions of punk, of country, of rock & roll, industrial, and Native American music. But newer and unfamiliar elements are percolating and rising to the surface; there is rest, there's hope, even joy. The Impenetrable becomes penetrable, and the inscrutable countenance of theOther becomes recognizable as an attentive look of compassion and tenderness. An insistent rhythm section that once heralded danger now provides the bedrock for dances of celebration, and turns of light shift minor melodies to major. Perhaps Wovenhand's finest record to date, 'The Laughing Stalk' is the testament of a restless artist seeking to document his findings in a wild, untamed, and impossibly beautiful land.
LP comes in a letterpressed cover printed by Daniel Smith and Will Stichter from HYMY Industries.