Quote Originally Posted by 3LB View Post
I've heard some samples of the latest Wovenhand, titled The Laughing Stalk, on the YT. Musta got an early release elsewhere. Much more tribal beat oriented, musically speaking, really conjures older Dead Can Dance and Cure, methinks its the hardest edged sound from them thus far (albeit I'm only familiar with Ten Stone and Threshing Floor... and while the lyrics always evoked christian themes in the past, this album is the most overt, yet aren't preachy. Assertive proclimations, trance inducing worship songs - I'd go to church to hear that kind of praise music. Not all the songs I've heard are like that (YT must have 6 or 7 off the new album) but the ones that I noticed like King O King, As Wool and Coup Stick are very up front with their meaning and rather uptempo and polyrhythmic, the latter being almost chant-like. Anyone else hear this yet?
I will be on the lookout. Been a fan since Mosaic. Thanks for the heads up.