(2015) Little Wings - Explains [FLAC,Tracks] {100.XY}

Review:
The quavering amiability of Kyle Field’s backwards, barroom voice lies somewhere beyond its unsteady boundaries. There’s a smirking rebellion to all things Little Wings that’s endlessly appealing, a knowing quality that’s genuinely interested in slippage — the space between language and meaning, signifier and signified. Field glides by on his threadbare falsetto, delivering phrases with innocent solemnity, like a child who sings with determined pleasure for no audience but themselves. But he’s far slyer than a child, reciting potty humor for the lowbrow thrill, mixing it with sage wisdom, rendering both meaningless, or equally valuable. For all the fascination of his phrasing, howling, and head-voice mania, it’s the lyrics to Little Wings’ songs that are the most baffling, mesmerizing. He’s someone who you’re afraid you aren’t listening to right, like a deeper meaning to each specifically banal phrase is lurking just behind the words themselves.
Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker said in a statement, “Kyle Field, professionally known as Little Wings, is a living legend. He is the modern embodiment of the traveling bard and the singing troubadour. Kyle’s discography is vast and impressive, full of tunes that are plucked from the lexicon of great American songwriting. On his latest effort, Explains, he crafts melodies so haunting and familiar; it’s as if he’s not composing them at all. He is tapping into something greater, acting as a vessel for the collective unconscious that is folk music.”
Rating 7.8/10





Tracklist:
01 By Now.flac
02 Light Brang.flac
03 Fat Chance.flac
04 Hill Hidden Nog.flac
05 Old Apocalypse Style.flac
06 A Blade of Grass.flac
07 A Sky.flac
08 Around This World.flac
09 Hollowed Log.flac
10 This Evening.flac
11 Where.flac


Summary:
Country: USA
Genre: Indie-Folk


Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~681-781 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits