Wind in the Wires

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Wind in the Wires
Studio album by Patrick Wolf

Publication
(s)

February 2, 2005 (UK)

Label (s) Tomlab

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Folktronica

Title (number)

13

running time

42:08

production

Patrick Wolf

chronology
Lycanthropy
(2003) 		Wind in the Wires The Magic Position
(2007)

Wind in the Wires is the second studio album by the British musician Patrick Wolf and a prime example of a folktronic concept album because of its title .

Content conception

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The album is conceptually in the tradition of Celtic folk tunes, and Patrick Wolf stages himself as the successor to the Celtic bards , as he suggests in the opening song ( "The troubadour cut off his hand - now he wants mine" ). He wrote and recorded most of the songs in rough and romantic Cornwall , whose landscape clearly shapes the mood of the album. The title of three songs even refers to the geographical environment in which they were created ( Teignmouth , Land's End and the subsequent ghost track The Towans ); The legendary hero Tristan , after whom a song is also named, comes from the mythical Lyonesse located near Cornwall . Some tracks that were published as B-sides on the single extracts from the album also refer to Cornwall by name, namely Godrevy Point and Penzance .

Metaphorically, the album moves mainly between sky and weather, as can be grasped particularly well in the title song, in This Weather and in Jacob's Ladder . The constant leitmotif, however, is the longing that manifests itself in wanderlust ( Teignmouth , The Gypsy King ) as well as in the search for security ( The Railway House ). The small, secluded house that is described in this song is probably also the fitting image for the seclusion that the artist exposed himself in the rural idyll of Cornwall in order to write this album. It is therefore in contrast to his previous album Lycanthropy , in which Patrick Wolf poses as an urban werewolf boy, as well as to the subsequent work The Magic Position ; this can be seen as the opposite of Wind in the Wires within the Electrofolk genre insofar as it brings to the fore those synthetic sounds that on Wind in the Wires only provide a backdrop and regalia for the artist's solo voice.

Track list

  1. The Libertine - 4:23
  2. Teignmouth - 4:50
  3. The Shadowsea - 0:37
  4. Wind in the Wires - 4:18
  5. The Railway House - 2:24
  6. The Gypsy King - 3:08
  7. Apparition - 1:16
  8. Ghost Song - 3:13
  9. This Weather - 4:35
  10. Jacob's Ladder - 1:21
  11. Tristan - 2:36
  12. Eulogy - 1:44
  13. Land's End - 7:06 (including the hidden song The Towans )

All the songs were written by Patrick Wolf himself.

Outcouplings

The first single from the album was the opening song The Libertine , which was accompanied by the self-written Penzance and Afraid , a song covered by the singer Nico .

The theme song Wind in the Wires was released as the second single with the B-sides Godrevy Point , Ignis fatuus and Souvenirs .

The last single followed by Tristan with the accompanying songs The Hazelwood and Idumea .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Patrick Wolf on Meta Critic . Retrieved April 5, 2006.
  2. ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/patrick-wolf/7608