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WOODEN WAND - James And The Quiet
| TinyMixTapes | | James Toth had a vision — one so unusual and clever he brought it forth to Andrew Kesin and Thurston Moore of Ecstatic Peace only to be met with astonished looks and confounded expressions. As he drove road upon endless road, Toth turned to the familiar country outlaws of Haggard, Nelson, and Kristoppherson. Finding solace in a forgotten sound — and moreso a forgotten ethic — he brought forth his innermost twang, his deepest southern roots, and set forth to create an album planted firmly in the soil. Seeds begot roots; roots begot buds; buds begot plants; plants begot flora. Flora blossomed into James & The Quiet....full text |
| | Popmatters | | Wooden Wand is dead. James Toth, the Knoxville-based tunesmith and serial collaborator who’s spent the better part of the noughties masquerading as Wand, has announced that James and the Quiet is his final pseudonymous recording. My initial reaction to Wand’s retirement is one of indifference. The Wooden one’s albums with the Vanishing Voice, Omen Bones Band, and Sky High Band—especially those released within the last year—have yielded more psychedelic gems than atonal junk, but his nihilistic, overly clever persona was the least interesting aspect of all of those records....full text |
| | Harmonium | | Beginning with a slow dirge that is reminiscent of Tom Waits in its composition but not its vocals, James and the Quiet begins at full bore. While the Vanishing Voice backing band that often accompanies James Jackson Toth (a.k.a. Wooden Wand) produces far more moody and subtle efforts, his solo songs almost always get to the point rather quickly....full text |
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