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Praise for "Saline"
"A definite must-listen for alternative-lovers ." - Highlight Magazine "Masterwork [...]Amazing and intimate poetry." - Grotesqualizer "Raw, emotive [...] as delicate as it is anthemic." - Plastic Magazine |
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The group’s striking vocals often bring to mind the supernatural pipes of Roger Chapman from Family and Glen Goring from Comus while the hazy guitar work at times is reminiscent of Espers as well as the heavier side of Trees or Fairport Convention. The band expertly takes this bundle of influences and blends them together with elements of modern rock and traditional English folk songs and creates something entirely new. --Record Crates United
This band has the creativity and individualistic, genre-bending spark that makes them a must-hear in this decade.
--DC Rock Live
--DC Rock Live
On Wind of Hours Unwinding, Poughkeepsie’s The Warp/The Weft align themselves in one deft stroke with the great tradition of British progressive folk and the psychedelia of the Isles: the spectral, chamber-folk colors of Fairport Convention or Steeleye Span and such modern heirs as the Decemberists. Most of all, The Warp/The Weft’s big-bottomed folk/rock evokes the electrified Anglo-core of Jethro Tull: pre-Grammy, pre-suck. Even when this record rocks (and it does often, at times thunderously; “Medicine In” could almost be described as pirate metal), it rocks with a rounded, seafaring quality, due in part to the band’s predilection for 6/8 and ¾ time signatures and in part due to singer/songwriter Shane Murphy’s ghostly and lilting vocals, which keep one foot always firmly planted in the clouds. -John Burdick http://www.hudsonvalleyalmanacweekly.com/2014/06/13/the-warpthe-weft-plays-bsp-this-saturday/
...The first word that comes to mind is venerable.
The self-titled debut feels like a hand reaching from the grave, as Shane Murphy's voice sounds more like a witch conjuring spirits than your stereotypical lead singer. Thank god. Personality counts.
The self-titled debut feels like a hand reaching from the grave, as Shane Murphy's voice sounds more like a witch conjuring spirits than your stereotypical lead singer. Thank god. Personality counts.
[The Warp/The Weft's] esoteric oddness is also its beauty. Murphy's perfect Middle Earth burr, whether it's born of an imaginary Shropshire landscape or not, lilts along like a drug, a draught, or a potion. The band, which occasionally rocks, and just as often shimmers—occasionally floating on Christian John Laura's sleepy free-jazz cymbals—is as deep into the mystery as its leader. In the middle of "Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure," Murphy goes on about being as "empty as a poor pantry" and "the flesh of our own uncertainty," and we begin to believe him at last, until Chris Pellnat launches into an appropriately psychedelic guitar solo. On "Bathtub Mary," the Poughkeepsie quartet is joined by the wonderful Rob Caldwell on hurdy-gurdy. And Caldwell makes its ancient whir work, especially when Murphy unexpectedly leans into Tim Buckley territory. Prog on.http://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/cd-review-the-warpthe-weft/Content?oid=2214891
This is one of the more magical modern-day psychedelic folk offerings since Espers or Faun Fables. I hope the future allows me to hear a lot more than five songs from this Poughkeepsie, New York collective. [...] This band is the real deal.
Chances are, The Warp/The Weft are, in fact, just brilliant - Storm & Wake is a simply - and I use this word inadvisedly - impressive song. Because it is, in every way; a terrifically coiling song that allows plenty of breathing space (a rarity today) and pushes a tremulously delicious voice to the fore [...] I'm not sure why you're still reading this now. Just listen.
full starred review: http://www.anewbandaday.com/2013/05/the-warpthe-weft-the-month-of-may.html
full starred review: http://www.anewbandaday.com/2013/05/the-warpthe-weft-the-month-of-may.html