The second Wovenhand project from 16 Horsepower frontman David Eugene Edwards exhibits singular talent for harrowing and worshipful music. Surely, "Sparrow Falls" is the musical description of The Fear of God. The gothic-Western-Appalachian-gospel of "To Make a Ring" thunders darkly atop tribal drums, as Edwards paints devotion to the Almighty as grim duty. "The Lord will not be mocked; not by you or me," he warns. "The world will bow; the knees will be broken for those who don't know how," intones Edwards soberly during "Chest of Drawers." While the spirit of Consider the Birds is frightening, it remains pure. What could amount to a chilling listen is instead a refining, cleansing experience. Nonetheless, kids won't be singing this in Sunday School along with "This Little Light of Mine."
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Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 2004Reviewed by James StewartWhen The Phantom Tollbooth interviewed David Eugene Edwards, the man behind Woven Hand, in 1999, he let us in on his desire to meet and work with Daniel Smith, the visionary behind the Danielson Famile. The imposing sounds of Edwards' band, 16 Horsepower, for whom phrases like 'apocalyptic country' had recently been coined, and the fragile, off-the-wall sounds of Daniel Smith's various projects…Similar sounding releases
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