Explains [LP]

by Little Wings

Overview

Kyle Field's first outing for Woods frontman Jeremy Earl's Woodsist label, Explains retains all of the idiosyncrasies of previous Little Wings outings (shambolic, Skip Spence-inspired folk-rock, funny/profound/sad/nonsensical stream of consciousness lyrics, and a vocal style that's as compelling as it is totally off-putting), but it also stands as the Alabama-bred, California-based pop outlier's most polished offering to date. Field is still the shifty guy at the bus stop who talks out loud and writes cryptic notes to himself in the margins of an old dog-eared library book, but listeners who are already acclimated to his peculiar brand of pitch-be-damned North-Cali slacker poetry will know that it's best just to go along for the ride and leave the dowsing rod at home, because any attempt to parse his particular vernacular will just yield further bemusement -- imagine an amalgam of Wesley Willis, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and a really high M. Ward. Sonically, Explains is breezy, effortless, and warm as a Pacific Ocean sunset, and its laid-back vibe helps tame some of Field's more manic, pop culture-laden diatribes like "Light Brang" and "Where." That chill vibe is bolstered by intermittent strokes of pedal steel, dulcimer, banjo, brushed drums, and parlor piano, all of which pair nicely with Field's laconic delivery and often moving observations about everything from wanderlust and heartache to Dunkin' Donuts and HBO's Entourage. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2015
Label:	Woodsist
UPC:	0655035047713

Tracks

1. By Now
2. Light Brang
3. Fat Chance
4. Hill Hidden Nog
5. Old Apocalypse Style
6. A Blade of Grass
7. A Sky
8. Around This World
9. Hollowed Log
10. This Evening
11. Where

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Little Wings   Primary Artist
Kyle Field   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Paul Dutton   Guitar
Lee Baggett   Guitar,Vocals
Tommy McDonald   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards
Fletcher Tucker   Banjo,Dulcimer,Keyboards
Natalie Alyse   Vocals
Jeremiah Conte   Vocals
Anthony Zaitz   Vocals
Joel Tolbert   Lap Steel Guitar
Zeb Zaitz   Drums,Piano,Vocals

Technical Credits

John Baccigaluppi   Engineer,Producer
Kyle Field   Mixing,Overdubs,Producer,Mixing Assistant
Kyle Mullarky   Mixing
Tommy McDonald   Overdubs,Producer