Words cannot express how much I adore the music of Dan Wilson; he is Withered Hand with help from members of Meursault ( M, remember?) and other fab folkies from Edinburgh and about the place.
Withered Hand topped my 2009 best of list for the “Good News” album, and placed highly in the top ten for The ‘Spill as a whole (Hi Shane!). He’s even made the RR b-list already. Yeah!
I have posted gushed about WH before, like this:
I think time will show this to be a very special record, the nearest comparison being Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”.
and mebbe also like this:
I tried to put my finger on the transcendental, almost spiritual quality that WH’s songs have. He was raised in a very religious, almost cult like, environment – but has since renounced it – but oddly his music has retained some vestiges of that.
Frankie said that he was singing “atheist hymns” and he was quite spot-on with the description.
Withered Hand has a website here
no arguments with W.
this album (I still haven’t picked up the You’re Not Alone EP – must do so – if its still about) is just perfect for me.
an odd vocal style-
brilliantly personal words-
simple original tunes –
it’s so perfect/heartfelt/ timeless/fucked -up/real/imaginary/beautiful and ugly that it can’t fail.
did I mention that I quite like it a LOT!
I really like this, but he’s too near the edge of the roof. Is that Arthur’s Seat in the background?
‘but he’s too near the edge of the roof’
that’s what I thought… well i thought SHIT that looks too high…
list up:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/01/readers-recommend-great-opening-lines
hey.. is that Hot chip mine?
Well it’s not mine Shane.
Can’t really play the video, my internet’s really dodgy. The topic is resurrection, I might leave this one out though, cause it’s so slow.
resurrection
“you’ll lose your looks, i’ll lose my religion
we’ll be god’s tiny carrier pigeons
and we’ll never return”
providence withered hand
A big TY for the WH intro here too, Blimps.
@shane I prefer the versions off You’re Not Alone, cos they have King Creosote on them, esp “No Cigarettes”