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A HAWK AND A HACKSAW - The Way The Wind Blows
| StylusMagazine | | Awoozy saxophone welcomes us to A Hawk and a Hacksaw’s third album, The Way the Wind Blows. Drunk in the mid-afternoon Marrakech sun, it segues into snake charming soundtrack territory before embarking on a balmy Balkan evening river ride wherein Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and a Hacksaw himself) states that “Swimming is not so dangerous / If you only give it a try” atop Mariachi trumpets and a militaristic march....full text |
| | PrefixMag | | This could go down as the year gypsy-rock broke. Beirut (a.k.a. Zach Condon) blasted onto the scene with his critically beloved debut, Gulag Orkestar. DeVotchka upped its profile by providing most of the music for the year's breakout indie film, Little Miss Sunshine. And A Hawk and a Hacksaw (whose two main members, Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost, appear with Condon on the Beirut album) has released another stellar song collection, The Way the Wind Blows....full text |
| | Drowned in sound | | Enchanting, beguiling, and charming, perhaps even strange – just some of the adjectives that describe Beirut’s recent album, Gulag Orchestra (DiS review). A Hawk And A Hacksaw dabble in the same musical field – eastern European folk – and like Beirut their sound justifies the praise heaped upon them. However, A Hawk And A Hacksaw don’t retread ground covered by Zach Condon’s output, as the two acts differ in sound, lyrical concepts, and instrumentation. Welcome to the world of A Hawk And A Hacksaw, and the wonderful Balkan folk sound they purvey....full text |
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