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Among Wolves are beautiful, yet destructive at times, indie-alt/country.
The Among Wolves story started in Philadelphia in winter 2001
with founder Billy Tiedeken, aka Haywood. Along with the help
of his friend and ex-member Matt Tozer, Haywood started recording
experimental lo-fi country folk songs with chaotic sonic textures.
After moving to Baltimore in early 2004 he met up with an old
friend, Jimmy Cahill, also from Philadelphia. Right away the two
began writing and recording songs in a small Baltimore apartment
on Saint Paul Street.
Apartment living kept the music they were creating on the quieter
acoustic side, and the desire to create interesting but accessible
music pushed them to become more creative with sounds and production
ideas. Using instruments like the theremin, short wave radios,
old casio keyboards, toys, and synthesizers, the sound became
more than just quiet alt/country. In a span of about nine months
they recorded over 70 songs and were getting a hundred plus plays
a day on various websites.
This collaboration caught the attention of multi-instrumentalist/producer
Jason Butcher and bassist/drummer Dave Godman. When their band,
Chivalry, fell apart, the two joined Among Wolves. With this new
addition, the band began to add Beach Boys/Beatlesque harmonies,
rock like The Who, and make beautiful, piercing noise like The
Flaming Lips. On the flipside, they can still strip it all down
and be a great country roots band using instruments such as upright
bass, banjo, and lap steel.
The music of Among Wolves is deeply personal, expressing life
experiences through stories and characters that come to life through
their songs. The band recorded the songs on their Beechfields
debut in a few days in a basement studio, with the help of many
bottles of whiskey. For fans of The Beach Boys, Flaming Lips,
Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Will Oldham, Gram Parsons, and Guided
By Voices.
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DISCOGRAPHY
Among Wolves
BRL 2995 // CD // 2007
WEBSITE
www.myspace.com/amongwolvesmusic
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