Wye Oak - If Children Artist_Lionmilk Quartet who produces video games as

who produces video games as well as music

but some of them are like the album’s title track

then subsides with a newfound serenity in closing

“The chorus feels like a dramatic encapsulation of who we want to be as a band

Minoru Muraoka plays ‘shakuhachi’ – a traditional bamboo Japanese flute – joined by his band members accompanying him on the ‘koto’ (strings) and ‘tsutsumi’ (drum) amongst others

Wye Oak - If Children Artist_Lionmilk Quartet who produces video games asOriginally self released in 2007 under the moniker Monarch, Wye Oaks debut If Children was given a proper introduction to the world the following spring on Merge Records. Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack take their minimalist setup to maximalist ends, pairing gentle campfire folk with bombastic hazy shoegaze, sometimes within the same song. Their assured mission statement makes its vinyl debut, on red and white splatter, no less, exclusively for RSD 2022