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WOVENHAND - Mosaic
| Lost At Sea magazine | | Yea, though he's walked for years with 16 Horsepower in the shadow of the valley of Old Testament torment and the bleakest Appalachian country-folk imaginable, David Eugene Edwards still has to be dragged, kicking and screaming, toward the light. With Wovenhand, the side project he formed from 16 Horsepower's rib in 2001, Edwards has undergone a remarkable transformation, going from Southern Gothic doomsayer to ethereal European folk mystic over the course of three mesmerizing LPs. The latest is Mosaic, a glorious hymnal of dramatic, blustery compositions and serene meditations dedicated to faith and devotion, things a man like Edwards clings to in times of despair....full text |
| | Popmatters | | The constants in the music of David Eugene Edwards are so strong that they tend to overshadow the evolution of his work over the past decade, since his former band, 16 Horsepower kicked up a cloud of righteous dust on 1996’s Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes. Heavy (and sometimes heavy-handed) Christian themes and a propensity for minor chords have marked just about everything Edwards has committed to tape. But what makes Mosaic, his latest under the Wovenhand name, different from Sackcloth, or even from WH’s self-titled debut?...full text |
| | StylusMagazine | | If it's typical to see David Eugene Edwards, whether recording as Wovenhand or as 16 Horsepower, as using a dark intensity to deliver Old Testament fire and Southern gothic brimstone (the requisite terms), it's also typical to miss out on his earnest faith. Yes, Edwards occasionally sounds like the type of Bible-thumper that’ll curse you to hell before going home to beat his wife and down some bourbon—but, more often than not, it’s because he’s a man more comfortable in his faith than his music lets us be in ours....full text |
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