A California outfit spearheaded by the multi-instrumentalist and iconoclastic Kyle Field, Little Wings relied on improvisation across these eight tracks from a San Diego garage, creating an unclassifiable, spontaneous listen.<\/p>\n
\u201cButter On The Wind\u201d gets the listen off to a calm start, where the casual talk\/singing is met with hypnotic bass and light drumming for the cozy introduction, and \u201cDay\u2019s End\u201d follows with Mike Watt making an appearance for a breezy, rhythmic moment that seems like reggae meets slacker-rock.<\/p>\n
The middle tracks are equally fun. \u201cDo It\u201d recruits some ambience that uses interesting, somewhat nonsensical wordplay, while \u201cGirl In High Heels Having Fun\u201d actually invites a sing-along amid the dreaminess and repetitive intimacy.<\/p>\n
The last four songs are equally unusual. \u201cLook At That Guy\u201d is a vocally busy moment and musically also much fuller, where buzzing guitars and pretty hilarious storytelling are present, but the bare climate of \u201cSong Of The Rocks\u201d really tugs on the heartstrings via its charming duet and gentle instrumentation. <\/p>\n
Closing out the album, \u201cThe Island\u201d and \u201cThe Men\u201d follow a similar pattern of unpredictability. The former borders on slow-core thanks to its rich and emotive qualities, and the latter is a frisky moment of vocal acrobatics and textured, off-kilter rock. <\/p>\n
Field is here joined by Lee Baggett (guitar, vocals), Brian Malloy (keys, bass, guitar, moogle), Dave Matthies (drums, bass, guitar), Jacob Navarro (guitars, mandolin, circus horn, slide guitar) and David Nordstrom (spoken word). Together, they make for a not-so-serious version of outsider rock, where it\u2019s best not to even try to dissect what\u2019s going on and better to enjoy the ride for what it\u2019s worth. <\/p>\n
Somewhere between freak folk, cosmic country, psych-rock and indie-rock, Little Wings offers plenty of dark moments along with comical bouts to be enjoyed, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11064],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47132","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-little-wings","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47132"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}