WYE OAK
SHRIEK + VARIATIONS (NATURAL & ORANGE SWIRL) - LP

MERGE RECORDS

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UPC: 673855083001
Label: MERGE RECORDS
Format: LP
Release Date: March 22, 2024
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In 2014, Wye Oak released Shriek. It was a necessary departure for Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, who found themselves on uncertain ground after two years of constant touring for 2011's Civilian, living on opposite ends of the country and trying to revitalize their creative partnership. Wasner set aside her guitar for a bass. Stack took on the band's upper register, playing syncopated, meditative keyboard parts that interacted with Wasner's voice. During that period, Wasner and Stack were introduced to composer William Brittelle, the Metropolis Ensemble, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. His orchestral reimaginings of five songs from Shriek (Shriek: Variations, if you will) are the centerpiece of this package, which serves not only to mark the tenth anniversary of a great album, but to demonstrate the richness of Wye Oak's compositions.

1. Before

2. Shriek

3. The Tower

4. Glory

5. Sick Talk

6. Schools of Eyes

7. Despicable Animal

8. Paradise

9. I Know the Law

10. Logic of Color

11.

12. Before

13. Shriek

14. Sick Talk

15. The Tower

16. Logic of Color