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WYE OAK

After spending their formative years in Baltimore creating bands and watching them fall apart, Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak realized in the summer of 2006 that they’d have to learn to make all of the noise themselves. In under a year performing and recording as experimental pop duo Wye Oak, the two multi-instrumentalists and songwriters have come to be known as “the rare indie rock two-piece that could pass for a trio or quartet when you close your eyes” (Baltimore City Paper), winning over crowds at every venue Baltimore has to offer as well as audiences up and down the East Coast and Canada. The two have toured or shared bills with the likes of Marnie Stern, Arbouretum, Beach House, Thrushes, Wax & Wane, and A Sunny Day in Glasgow.

In under a year, Wye Oak establishsed themselves in Baltimore without a single recording to their name. On April 27th, they released their first: “If Children”, a full-length record whose 11 songs are written and performed entirely by the duo themselves. Mixed by Eric Morrison of NYC behemoths Home, the record expands upon Wye Oak’s stripped down and raucous live show—which, in part, convinced Morrison and others to invite the duo to join the long-standing Screw Music Forever collective after their performance at the group’s Come the Freak On Festival in October of 2006.

“If Children proves that [Wye Oak] is catchy—a rare commodity in a subgenre so fixated on texture. Despite the gorgeous break for some watery guitar around 2:20, “Warning” is as sing-along memorable—if you can make out the words, that is—as any indie-rock tune you’ll hear this year.” BALTIMORE CITY PAPER