Wye Oak - Shriek

Wye Oak - ShriekVinyl LP pressing. Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak have spent most of their lives in Baltimore, Maryland. But after two years of constant touring with CIVILIAN, their lauded 2011 album, they landed on opposite sides of the country with an unforeseeable future. Despite this newfound uncertainty, the two embraced their physical distance, passing ideas back and forth, allowing new work to evolve in their respective solitudes. SHRIEK is Wye Oak's

recorded on Record Store Day in 2018 at Plaid Room Records

Ol' Burger Beats

the tracks were all improvised and recorded live to a Tascam 388 during several late nights at the Colemine HQ

the album formed from an exploratory track building process which results in a more formidable version of the band we once knew

and his tried approaches to anchor into a refreshed perspective with new understandings

The new band members Nick Holleman (ex-Vicious Rumors) and Manuel Seoane (Mägo de Oz) were involved in the songwriting process from the very beginning and have spiced things up a bit

driven by a shared dedication to big riffs

including the anthemic "Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Pearl Jam)

work songs

In 1991 Joe Jackson decided to abandon pop once and for all in favor of more serious music

Some of the pieces are through-composed and completely written out