Writ on Water has returned with a new ep of two older songs and four new songs. Don’t worry if that description makes it sound like this is a disjointed ep of leftover tracks – A Charcoal Night sounds like a cohesive whole project rather than a b-sides collection. Whether that is talent or intention…
We all know the stories of bands that disappeared after an album or two back in the 80s or 90s – stories that usually include rumors of unreleased albums. Every once and a while, one of those bands will come back and make new music. Even more rare are those that can dig up the…
Expansive minimalism from Jeff MacKey of Writ on Water and Jarod Weldin of Dangerous Trap. The majority of the music on this self-titled album is created using ambient guitars, with just a slight hint of percussion and pianos/keyboards here and there. This is mellow music perfectly suited for contemplation, meditation, reading, and relaxing. No song really…
WRIT ON WATER ANCESTRAL ECHO/WUNDERZEIT! 2008 Cyrus Shade Recordings Purchase: writonwater.com Review by: Matt Crosslin This single disc is a collection of two EPs combined on to one disc. Both EPs contain some songs that were considered for A Wingless King, but didn’t quite fit. For lack of a better description, songs were grouped in…
WRIT ON WATER A WINGLESS KING 2008 Cyrus Shade Recordings Purchase: writonwater.com Review by: Matt Crosslin Writ on Water makes their second comeback, re-releasing all of their old albums and finally releasing a fully realized second full-length album. Of course, some great material has been released since 1992’s Sylph, but those were demo collections and…