WOODENBOX WITH A FISTFUL OF FIVERS – Home And The Wildhunt CD
WOODENBOX WITH A FISTFUL OF FIVERS – Home And The Wildhunt CD
Folk-rock sextet Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers, of pan-Scottish provenance, have garnered accolades for their electric live shows, which by fusing old school country harmonies with Stax-influenced horns, come on like The Band trading licks with the E-Street band. Singer and guitarist Ali Downer originally assumed the moniker Woodenbox, in a nod to influences such as King Creosote and 'Bonnie' Prince Billy and the addition of The Fistful of Fivers reflects a collective appreciation of the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone. As Ali notes "it is definitely with 'The Fistful of Fivers' that the whole thing took off. It's much more fun, creative, and versatile when you've got six people together". The summer of 2009 saw the band ensconced within their Glasgow studio, working on their debut album, which reflects upon the countervailing longings for domestic peace and harmony, and a ceaseless wanderlust, in a series of beautifully crafted songs.
'Home and the Wildhunt' set to be released on Electric Honey (Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Biffy Clyro) on April 5, 2010 is a reference to the medieval Germano-Celtic legend of 'The Wild Hunt'. A phantasmal group of huntsmen, often led by the god Wodan, would appear in the sky replete with horses and hounds. The hunters may have been dead souls or faeries and the hunt was thought to presage catastrophe. In the Peterborough Chronicle of 1132, an anonymous monk testifies to the appearance of the hunt: Then soon afterwards many people saw and heard many hunters hunting. The hunters were big and black and terrible, and their hounds were all black and wide-eyed and loathsome, and they rode on black horses and black goats Lead single from the album, 'Draw a Line' has already garnered nationwide radio support from such luminaries as Gideon Coe, Vic Galloway, Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley and Radcliffe & Maconie, and the album’s release will be supported with an extensive UK tour. Woodenbox with a fistful of fivers are Ali Downer on vocals, guitar, piano and harmonica, Nick Dudman on drums and vocals, Fraser McKirdy on bass, organs and vocals, Jordan Croan on electric guitar and vocals, Phil Cardwell on trumpet, and Sam Evans on sax.
Tracklisting
1. Intro
2. Life From Above
3. Twisted Mile
4. Fistful Of Fivers
5. Draw A Line
6. Immigrant
7. Letting Go
8. Besides The Point
9. The Nothing To Nobody
10. Hang The Noose
11. Heart Attack
12. My Mule