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Peter Wolf Crier

Peter Wolf Crier Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Indie

    Location MINNEAPOLIS, Un

    Profile Views: 192699

    Last Login: 2/2/2012

    Member Since 8/16/2009

    Website www.peterwolfcrier.com

    Record Label Jagjaguwar

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    It is not so much a sound as a spirit. You don't need to name it to know it or to trust it. Peter Wolf Crier's second album Garden of Arms is a document that paints a vivid portrait of all the pain and beauty of growth. Written with the at-home repose demanded by performing a hundred shows in six months, these eleven tracks were nurtured from their hushed origins with a new-found footing of confidence and experimentation. Adapting the tenets of the grinding live show, the duo of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen transformed the fuzzy distortion, rolling and crashing drums, and laser-focused purposefulness into an intensely dynamic yet supremely polished album. The lead off track, "Right Away", best exemplifies the band's new direction, a dense and jarring embrace of the immediacy of real personal connection. Later on in the album, restraint is more readily apparent, in tracks like "Settling it Off", where the sonics do not threaten to overwhelm but are instead peeled back to reveal a more subdued, secure sense of direction. The notion that any one of these songs could be your favorite depending on where your head and heart reside, moment to moment, is the most appealing aspect of this album. Throughout Garden of Arms, swagger is juxtaposed against an icy delicacy, making the scope of the record complex but somehow an easily digestible statement of how Peter Wolf Crier are rolling: a wheel, rusted with unrestrained hope. It is apparent from listening to the album that, for Pisano and Moen, 2010 was a both an absolutely exhilarating and a profoundly exhausting year. How they so evocatively and effectively channeled the fabric of their experiences into their body of work is not something they could do two years ago. This is a band that is just starting to figure out what they are capable of.

  • Members

    Peter Pisano & Brian Moen

  • Influences

    Manjusri, Olcott, Vernon, Rosewall, King, Strackney, Newsom, Bazan

  • Sounds Like

    ..Contacts:.... .. ..Management and US Booking.... Ripple Entertainment, LLC .. Paul Gillis .. pvgillis@gmail.com.. ..www.rippleent.com.. .... ..US Publicity and Media Requests.... Lyssa Thompson.. lyssa@jagjaguwar.com.. ..UK Publicity and Media Requests.... Manish Agarwal .. manish@jagjaguwar.com.... ..UK/EU Booking .... Coda Agency .. Rob Challice .. Rob@codaagency.com.... ..US Label Inquiries .... info@jagjaguwar.com.... ..UK Label Inquiries .... mholdsworth@secretlycanadian.com.... ..Online Store at:.. http://peterwolfcrier.tumblr.com/ .... ..Facebook Fan Page...... ..Last.fm...... ..Twitter......

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About Peter Wolf Crier

It is not so much a sound as a spirit. You don't need to name it to know it or to trust it. Peter Wolf Crier's second album Garden of Arms is a document that paints a vivid portrait of all the pain and beauty of growth. Written with the at-home repose demanded by performing a hundred shows in six months, these eleven tracks were nurtured from their hushed origins with a new-found footing of confidence and experimentation. Adapting the tenets of the grinding live show, the duo of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen transformed the fuzzy distortion, rolling and crashing drums, and laser-focused purposefulness into an intensely dynamic yet supremely polished album.

The lead off track, "Right Away", best exemplifies the band's new direction, a dense and jarring embrace of the immediacy of real personal connection. Later on in the album, restraint is more readily apparent, in tracks like "Settling it Off", where the sonics do not threaten to overwhelm but are instead peeled back to reveal a more subdued, secure sense of direction.

The notion that any one of these songs could be your favorite depending on where your head and heart reside, moment to moment, is the most appealing aspect of this album. Throughout Garden of Arms, swagger is juxtaposed against an icy delicacy, making the scope of the record complex but somehow an easily digestible statement of how Peter Wolf Crier are rolling: a wheel, rusted with unrestrained hope.

It is apparent from listening to the album that, for Pisano and Moen, 2010 was a both an absolutely exhilarating and a profoundly exhausting year. How they so evocatively and effectively channeled the fabric of their experiences into their body of work is not something they could do two years ago. This is a band that is just starting to figure out what they are capable of.



"Pisano sings in a rangy falsetto. His songwriting is ragged, understated, and striking above all else. Moen's textural contributions are just as subtle. Though Inter-Be sounds roughly hewn at times, it's an album woven together with great care and a sharp ear for detail" - PITCHFORK

"Inter-Be is the record they made together, and it's a perfect debut, but seeing them live is my favorite way to take in this fervent, inspired music." -BOB BOILEN, NPR (Tiny Desk Appearance)

Merchandise and Download Links


WORLDWIDE CD and VINYL MAIL ORDERS

iTunes

Amazon

iTunes UK

iTunes World

eMusic

Contacts

Contacts:


Management + US Booking
Ripple Entertainment, LLC
Paul Gillis
pvgillis@gmail.com
www.rippleent.com

US Publicity and Media Requests
Abe Morris
abe@jagjaguwar.com
812.961.2571 x- 230

UK Publicity and Media Requests
Manish Agarwal
manish@jagjaguwar.com

UK/EU Booking
Coda Agency
Rob Challice
Rob@codaagency.com

US Label Inquiries
info@jagjaguwar.com

UK Label Inquiries
mholdsworth@secretlycanadian.com

Live Taping Policy:


**Peter Wolf Crier encourages taping and sharing of live shows. Please contact Management for the "ok"**............................

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