First Listen: Wye Oak, 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs'
Settling into a groove requires patience and subtle tweaks. That's the mood on Wye Oak's latest album, but it's also the narrative of the band's career.
Wye Oak's fifth album, , begins with a warm-up instrumental, "(tuning)." The brief track hums with disorienting noise — whirring electronic pulses, snatches of ambient conversation and what sounds like a creaking floorboard — but is dominated by someone picking out wobbly notes on an off-key piano, as if they're coaxing the instrument back into tune.
