Surreal dream worlds. Influenced by own inspiration.

Man I have to reflect on it, directing the focus on the music, the disturbing background noise speaking people hide and pull the melodies carried pictures of back there in the dark corners in the radiant light. At best, these intellectual efforts succeed after a few seconds and Wye Oak thank us with a seductive introduction to 'Two Small Deaths', whose smoky Lyrics and creepy atmosphere might still like so many of us as peculiar. But all this is likely to fall with the second piece 'The Age' into oblivion. Distorting bass convert in cozy steps by jumping landscape and only with the onset of bright guitars and this awakens from his persistent drowsiness. Wye Oak are to form an assessment at this point, a benign virus of the musical competition.

An overcrowded pool indie rock area is emptied, remains originating from Baltimore duo. And this is especially from the main songwriter, singer and guitarist Jenn Wasner and the one-handed playing drums (plays the other hand organ, and more) Multi-instrumentalist Andy Stack. He performs a graceful glossy noise, for its überproportionierten proportions would actually be needed three people. As an enemy image of the clear and clean melodies behave in 'Dogs Eyes' violent guitars that all bitterness cry in an exuberant burst into the wide world. Because with Wye Oak you will find yourself at an unreal place, everything reflects a strange impression in our faces and yet the pooling near is as obvious as the two central themes of the plate: loneliness and let go when the time is ripe for it.

One of the highlights on 'Civilian' is the song 'We Were Wealth'. It emerged in the past tense, begins cautious and increases from a tentative breakout explosion. Surrounded by haunting sounds is here Wasner the eye of the hurricane in complete silence, while the world swirls around you. Overall, the debut work forms an impressive result and certainly a significant reconfiguration in the musical landscape. Wye Oak never lose sight of the surreal edge out of sight, refer your vital oxygen from atmospheric instrumentation and experience your world as subtle paranoia. There are only two people, but it feels like a dozen for this sound would be responsible. At this point, the 04 March 2011 a first thick exclamation mark has been set, its echo is still a long drive to mischief in our ear canals.