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The Crooked Fiddle Band formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2006. The band features Jess Randall, Gordon Wallace, Mark Stevens and <a href="spotify:artist:6LVc5fT05ZnUa9hn7ZTQkS" data-name="Joe Gould">Joe Gould</a>.
“They're original and quixotic, I can't say I've heard anything else like it" - Brian Eno.
Art As Catharsis are proud to announce The Free Wild Wind & the Songs of Birds - an expansive and cinematic release which weaves together folk music traditions, post and progressive rock, and chamber music.
It has a more reflective air than its predecessors: One can hear the influence of Norwegian chamber-prog band <a href="spotify:artist:4pAX6VBnbccF9uVcb9EGiq" data-name="MEER">MEER</a> in the expanded orchestration, the epic flavour of the film scores of <a href="spotify:artist:2ifvIECHAlEgPMBuBOJ0lG" data-name="Bear McCreary">Bear McCreary</a>, and a Celtic crossover flavour that brings to mind further echos of 70s mainstays Planxty roaring into the 21st century.
As a result, The Free Wild Wind finds ample space for both the quiet beauty of Jess Randall’s compositions and Gordon Wallace’s timeless songwriting, while allowing for the instrumental pieces to swell and contract with ease.
The Free Wild Wind marks the band’s 4th album.It follows two albums recorded with Steve Albini, and the band’s ARIA-nominated record Another Subtle Atom Bomb (2019).
As the culmination of 18 years of composing, performing and touring together, The Free Wild Wind may be the band’s most fully realised artistic statement to date. It reveals a band masterfully in control of their art form, boasting sophisticated, deeply-felt compositions from a band at the height of their powers.
“They're original and quixotic, I can't say I've heard anything else like it" - Brian Eno.
Art As Catharsis are proud to announce The Free Wild Wind & the Songs of Birds - an expansive and cinematic release which weaves together folk music traditions, post and progressive rock, and chamber music.
It has a more reflective air than its predecessors: One can hear the influence of Norwegian chamber-prog band <a href="spotify:artist:4pAX6VBnbccF9uVcb9EGiq" data-name="MEER">MEER</a> in the expanded orchestration, the epic flavour of the film scores of <a href="spotify:artist:2ifvIECHAlEgPMBuBOJ0lG" data-name="Bear McCreary">Bear McCreary</a>, and a Celtic crossover flavour that brings to mind further echos of 70s mainstays Planxty roaring into the 21st century.
As a result, The Free Wild Wind finds ample space for both the quiet beauty of Jess Randall’s compositions and Gordon Wallace’s timeless songwriting, while allowing for the instrumental pieces to swell and contract with ease.
The Free Wild Wind marks the band’s 4th album.It follows two albums recorded with Steve Albini, and the band’s ARIA-nominated record Another Subtle Atom Bomb (2019).
As the culmination of 18 years of composing, performing and touring together, The Free Wild Wind may be the band’s most fully realised artistic statement to date. It reveals a band masterfully in control of their art form, boasting sophisticated, deeply-felt compositions from a band at the height of their powers.
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