Wood/Water

by The Promise Ring

Overview

By the late 1990's The Promise Ring had propelled themselves to nearly the top rung of the ferociously melodic brand of music loosely labeled emocore. However, by 2002's WOOD/WATER, the Milwaukee-based quartet completed a transformation of sound begun on 1999's VERY EMERGENCY, an unabashedly poppy and breezy album, yet still unmistakably in the realm of irony-laden indie rock. The opening bars of WOOD/WATER's Wilcoesque, pensive "Get On The Floor" sees the more sedate band asserting "no more guitar songs, it's just nervous energy you're selling to me." Gone are most of the fire and the sardonic energy of earlier releases, replaced by what practically amounts to an album of modern cowboy ballads, introspective and reflective, with hummable melodies. Far from being dilettantes or bandwagon-jumpers, the foursome led by the high, dulcet tones of Davey von Bohlen proves that it has the innate talent to capably reinvent its sound while retaining sincerity. And on tracks like the adorably self-deprecating "Stop Playing Guitar" and the dreamlike "Become One Anything One Time" with its mournful refrain "I'm just happy you stuck around," the sincerity gives way to sheer beauty.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/05/2018
Label:	Epitaph
UPC:	0045778661718
Rank:	35788

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Size of Your Life
2. Stop Playing Guitar
3. Suffer Never
4. Letters to the Far Reaches
5. Become One Anything One Time
6. Wake Up April
7. Get on the Floor
8. My Life Is at Home

Disc 2

9. Half Year Sun
10. Bread & Coffee
11. Say Goodbye Good
12. Feed the Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Promise Ring   Primary Artist
Scott Schoenbeck   Bass
Jason Gnewikow   Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion
Davey vonBohlen   Guitar,Vocals
Johari Funches-Penny   Choir/Chorus
Dan Didier   Drums,Keyboards,Percussion
Quincy McCrary   Soloist

Technical Credits

Stephen Street   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Cenzo Townshend   Engineer
Robert Carranza   Engineer
Kristian Riley   Pre-Production
Mario Caldato, Jr.   Mixing,Producer
The Promise Ring   Composer
Jason Gnewikow   Design,Art Direction
Chris Strong   Photography