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Wye Oak — Spiral
Album: Spiral (single)
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Released: 2012
Length: 5:39
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Thoughts becoming her
Mean on, let it
When our lips come together
I come over
Wake up notices you made it
Beauty, baby
When our lips come together
I get older

One more time
And this is what you wanted to know
You are mine, hope
One more time
And this is what you wanted to know
You are mine, hope

Got yourself in the … constant, content
You are over my shoulder
Distant, past
When our lips come together
I come over
As we're coming our present
I get, older

One more time
And this is what you wanted to know
You are mine, hope
One more time
And this is what you wanted to know
You are mine, hope.
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YES!
Posted 3 weeks ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
 scarletdancer wrote:

Sounds like Jon Anderson singing for Alan Parsons. 


Definitely has a Parsons Project vibe.
Posted 1 year ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
Love those marimbas.
Posted 1 year ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
Supertramp meets Alan Parsons.  Good stuff. 
Posted 1 year ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
I like this style, especially this song. Thank you RP.
Posted 1 year ago by flozer68    [ Reply ]
Trying to reconcile this with the only other song I know from them "It's Way With Me".  Can't.  Cool.
Posted 1 year ago by mkane67    [ Reply ]
Frankie say RELAX
Posted 2 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this song by Wye Oak, which is very cool, the end makes me think of some toy that's making noise until someone smashes it to stop the noise.
Posted 2 years ago by BobHeisler    [ Reply ]
 danielh wrote:

sounded like YES there for a moment. I like 😁


Hearing a bit of Tangerine Dream - the Train Song from Risky Business
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
I like it

8
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
pure genius!

j/k
same as his other crap 
Posted 3 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
 GGAlex wrote:
Why (Wye) you didn't find this song in iTunes or whatever:
This was available by free download originally from AdultSwim, looks to be available elsewhere now (beware from where you try to get it). It is apparently not a part of Wye Oak's own catalog.
It's my favorite song of theirs, and apparently doesn't fit most of their works' genre from what I read once.
Ends a little odd, but if I just skip fwd at the odd spot, it is all-good!
 

You can get it for only a dollar from their Bandcamp page.
Posted 3 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
From 7 --> 8!
Just really feeling this today for some reason.
Posted 5 years ago by brookap    [ Reply ]
 Saire wrote:
Argh!! I thought my phone alarm was going off at the end there. Ick!!
 
What?!?!?
Posted 5 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Wye aye man.
I once sat through 2 hours of gamelan, hated the first hour, loved the second. Perhaps my brain had been retrained.
 
I had the exact same experience at a Hawkwind concert !

oops, forgot to say I love it!
Posted 5 years ago by brollo    [ Reply ]
sounded like YES there for a moment. I like 😁
Posted 5 years ago by danielh    [ Reply ]
Why (Wye) you didn't find this song in iTunes or whatever:
This was available by free download originally from AdultSwim, looks to be available elsewhere now (beware from where you try to get it). It is apparently not a part of Wye Oak's own catalog.
It's my favorite song of theirs, and apparently doesn't fit most of their works' genre from what I read once.
Ends a little odd, but if I just skip fwd at the odd spot, it is all-good!
Posted 5 years ago by GGAlex    [ Reply ]
 ch83575 wrote:
Steve Reich?

 
Nah.  You're confusing him with his brother Third.
Posted 6 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Oh good. I already gave this a ten.
Posted 7 years ago by BlueHeronDruid    [ Reply ]
Wye aye man.
I once sat through 2 hours of gamelan, hated the first hour, loved the second. Perhaps my brain had been retrained.
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Every time this starts I think it's the Fixx.....then I think it's Jon Anderson.....then I smile to see it's neither, but it sounds as good as if it was either of them....
Posted 7 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]
Guitarist is reminiscent of the Police's Andy Summers - same cool reverb.
Posted 7 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

The vibraphone loops remind me of Terry Riley compositions from the 1970's.

 
Yes, it is reminiscent of that sound.  It's a loop of marimba, not xylophone or vibraphone, and it's apparently meant to emulate the 'minimalist' works by Riley and Reich - they're not trying to fool anyone. It was composed as a one-off single for an Adult Swim series, and is quite different from their other work.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
You can stop now. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
My kind of groove.
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
I think I've heard this before — oh yeah, 1980s Yes. 
Posted 8 years ago by rushed    [ Reply ]
 markybx wrote:
Enough with the xylophone already! {#Stop}

 
i could do without it
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Steve Reich called and wants his mallets back.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Argh!! I thought my phone alarm was going off at the end there. Ick!!
Posted 8 years ago by Saire    [ Reply ]
Nice one Bill for this to follow Bruce Cockburn — The End of All Rivers much appreciated , master DJ, Radio presenter at work.
Posted 8 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Starting this one out at 7.
Posted 8 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
8 -> 9  Love the sounds, love the production. {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 8 years ago by FRP    [ Reply ]
Enough with the xylophone already! {#Stop}
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
More than enough ding dong vibraphone at the end of the track

 
The vibraphone loops remind me of Terry Riley compositions from the 1970's.
Posted 8 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Steve Reich?
Posted 8 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
More than enough ding dong vibraphone at the end of the track
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Jon Anderson singing for Alan Parsons. 
Posted 8 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
{#Clap} Really like it{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by sukhramkaur    [ Reply ]
{#Beat}
Posted 9 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
Ok song. Vocals remind me of Jon Anderson's voice in the 80s.
 
Brutal
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Maybe someone could refer this song as "easy listening". Actualy, it's heavy psycho... {#Flamed}
Posted 9 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
Ok song. Vocals remind me of Jon Anderson's voice in the 80s.
Posted 9 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
This is the same band that does Civilian ?
?!?!?! Civilian borders on brilliant, this borders on horrible (throwaway schlock, at the least).
My humble opinion.... 
Posted 9 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Brings to mind Martha and the Muffins.
I like.
 
Posted 9 years ago by BruceN    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:
 Very interesting. This is at the upper range for oaks. Possibly if its friends had not been cut down centuries ago, this tree would have been buffered from winds. Although they all fall down eventually. Its growth rings mapped the rainfall and temperature history of the local area and would have been of interest, even allowing for the evident heart rot that one can see in this picture.

 
Actually, white oaks, which is what I believe the Wye Oak was, grow in every state in the eastern half of the United States - as far north as Minnesota and Maine.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Cool tune.
Posted 9 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:
 Very interesting. This is at the upper range for oaks. Possibly if its friends had not been cut down centuries ago, this tree would have been buffered from winds. Although they all fall down eventually. Its growth rings mapped the rainfall and temperature history of the local area and would have been of interest, even allowing for the evident heart rot that one can see in this picture.



 
Thanks for that, I was wondering what it meant.
Posted 9 years ago by Dav3thedog    [ Reply ]
New to me and I like it!
Posted 9 years ago by Dav3thedog    [ Reply ]
cool
Posted 9 years ago by agkagk    [ Reply ]
Complete garbage.
Posted 9 years ago by pumpkins3    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:

My thoughts exactly.  And that's a good thing.

 

Mixed with some Buckingham vocals
Posted 9 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
 tomeck wrote:
Very nice composition.

I have Fripp & Brufford & Levin in my mind right now.

 
My thoughts exactly 
Posted 9 years ago by jimbolia    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1oM7LBbxE
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
love this
Posted 9 years ago by papersitter    [ Reply ]
Very nice composition.

I have Fripp & Brufford & Levin in my mind right now.
Posted 9 years ago by tomeck    [ Reply ]
Reminds me strongly to them: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_%28Band%29
Posted 9 years ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
Smacks of Flesh for Fantasy by Billy Idol.
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 bokey wrote:
Some boring trivia from wiki-(I saw it at least a dozen times as a kid)


The Wye Oak was the honorary state tree of Maryland, and the largest white oak tree in the United States. Located in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, Maryland, the Wye Oak was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its destruction during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2002, and measured 31 feet 10 inches (970 cm) in circumference of the trunk at breast height, 96 feet (29 m) high, with a crown spread of 119 feet (36 m). It is believed that the acorn that became the oak germinated around the year 1540.

In 1939, the Maryland General Assembly purchased the tree and almost 30 acres (12 ha) surrounding it and established Wye Oak State Park.

  Very interesting. This is at the upper range for oaks. Possibly if its friends had not been cut down centuries ago, this tree would have been buffered from winds. Although they all fall down eventually. Its growth rings mapped the rainfall and temperature history of the local area and would have been of interest, even allowing for the evident heart rot that one can see in this picture.


Posted 9 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
 Hogtownmike wrote:
I am getting Jon and Vangelis with a side of Lindsay Buckingham...
 
Yeah, very good. The intro made me think this was Billy Idol's "Flesh for Fantasy." 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 By_The_Bay wrote:
I think I just got waterboarded.

 
I've been waterboarded. This is nothing like it!!!
Posted 10 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
 sunybuny wrote:
A very Tangerine Dream sound.

 
My thoughts exactly.  And that's a good thing.
Posted 10 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
{#Frustrated}    I hear Wye Oak, like it says above!

 
 Webfoot wrote:

You must be simple.  {#Bounce}

 
"Pragmatic" is probably a better word than "simple" in that instance.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:

I'm plumping for a big fat 8

 
Yeah I'm leaning that way too, but I'm still not quite sold. Perhaps next listen.
Posted 10 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 spotcheckbilly wrote:
Going to see them in 2 weeks. Check out the new album, a bit different but still good.

 
It was a great show!
Posted 10 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
Going to see them in 2 weeks. Check out the new album, a bit different but still good.
Posted 10 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
I Dig it!
Posted 10 years ago by fiddler    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
Still not sure if I want to rate this a 4 or an 8. 

 
I'm plumping for a big fat 8
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Happily rocking & rolling at 11pm..
Posted 10 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
May live to regret saying this...... but that was actually rather good!  Well done Bill for introducing something new and contemporary to my jaded musical palate
Posted 10 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
I think I just got waterboarded.
Posted 10 years ago by By_The_Bay    [ Reply ]
I am getting Jon and Vangelis with a side of Lindsay Buckingham...

Posted 10 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
 sunybuny wrote:
A very Tangerine Dream sound.

 
That's IT!!!  Thank you.  Couldn't put my finger on it.
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Never heard of them, but like this...a lot...I think!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
i have a decemberist poster with Wye Oak, so this is them? I had never heard them before, not bad
Posted 10 years ago by Lauriea    [ Reply ]
Anybody else hearing Steve Reisch / Music for 18 musicians in this?
Posted 10 years ago by Namgev    [ Reply ]
A little weird at the end, nobody really wanting to end the track. But it's wonderfully "ambient" and a winner for me.
Posted 10 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 bokey wrote:
Some boring trivia from wiki-(I saw it at least a dozen times as a kid)






The Wye Oak was the honorary state tree of Maryland, and the largest white oak tree in the United States. Located in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, Maryland, the Wye Oak was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its destruction during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2002, and measured 31 feet 10 inches (970 cm) in circumference of the trunk at breast height, 96 feet (29 m) high, with a crown spread of 119 feet (36 m). It is believed that the acorn that became the oak germinated around the year 1540.

In 1939, the Maryland General Assembly purchased the tree and almost 30 acres (12 ha) surrounding it and established Wye Oak State Park.

  Did not find this boring at all. Thank you for this bit of info.

 


Posted 10 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Some boring trivia from wiki-(I saw it at least a dozen times as a kid)






The Wye Oak was the honorary state tree of Maryland, and the largest white oak tree in the United States. Located in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, Maryland, the Wye Oak was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its destruction during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2002, and measured 31 feet 10 inches (970 cm) in circumference of the trunk at breast height, 96 feet (29 m) high, with a crown spread of 119 feet (36 m). It is believed that the acorn that became the oak germinated around the year 1540.

In 1939, the Maryland General Assembly purchased the tree and almost 30 acres (12 ha) surrounding it and established Wye Oak State Park.
Posted 10 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 Hogtownmike wrote:
Sounds like Lindsey Buckingham on vocals...

 
I came here thinking that it sounded like Lindsey Buckingham singing with a recent version of King Crimson. 
Posted 10 years ago by sici    [ Reply ]
this makes me want to pull my hair out; sounds like something is terribly wrong with my computer's audio output
Posted 10 years ago by paisleydancer66    [ Reply ]
Love this. Def good stuff. 
First time through I heard Chrissie, this time I get Cocteau Twins. Which really just means I am hearing some good new ( to me) stuff 
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
 ceicilbee wrote:
 with a dash of alan parsons maybe?

bpkengor wrote:

nope.  but i do hear some SuperTramp-ish vocals

My first thought about the guitar-intro was definitely "Alan Parsons' Project".
I used to be a fan of APP, but it smells a bit cheesy nowadays.
This one is quite OK, but it ends up a bit flat. It could do with a bit more "Bang".
Posted 10 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
1! Not more!!
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
Still not sure if I want to rate this a 4 or an 8. 
Posted 10 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
 spotcheckbilly wrote:
Yes!!!! This was my upload. If you like it, check out their other albums.

 
Thanks, pal! I did check them out and love their stuff.
Posted 10 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:
I hear the Cocteau Twins in this. Cool track.

 
Yes cool track and now I wonder why I have not heard Cocteau Twins yet on RP. It can only be that not enough gets played.
Posted 11 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Didn't read all the comments but no " I hear The Prerenders "  ?

well Chrissie for sure
Posted 11 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
 ceicilbee wrote:
 with a dash of alan parsons maybe?

bpkengor wrote:

nope.  but i do hear some SuperTramp-ish vocals
 



 

I Robot
Posted 11 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I heard Frankie Goes to Hollywood v2.0.  That's not a bad thing.
Posted 11 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Sounds progressive to me...
Posted 11 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
{#Frustrated}    I hear Wye Oak, like it says above!

 
You must be simple.  {#Bounce}
Posted 11 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
A very Tangerine Dream sound.
Posted 11 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 I here that too - "to the moon, Alice"
Dave_Mack wrote:
Are you ready for me...Ralph?

 



Posted 11 years ago by kjf06    [ Reply ]
Nice. Thank again Bill for introducing me to something new.
Posted 11 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
that ending is tooooooooooo long
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Andy Summers on guitar.
Posted 11 years ago by DeemerDave    [ Reply ]
gets Glass-like at the end, with the repetitious Koyaanisqatsi kinda boop-a-da boop-a-da boopa-a-da
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I hear the Cocteau Twins in this. Cool track.
Posted 11 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Very nice track!
Posted 11 years ago by crischu    [ Reply ]
{#Frustrated}    I hear Wye Oak, like it says above!
Posted 11 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Yeasayer
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
 grungepuppy wrote:
Wow, this is the same band that does "Civilian." I like both songs, that one a bit better, but they are very different from each other. I definitely hear the "Yes" influence here.
 

Ditto and ditto.

I like Civilian A LOT. I simply like this one. 
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 MargoMallen wrote:
What a great tune!  Loving the female voice!  
 
Hmm, I was thinking that was a man, but you could be right. Interesting sound.
Posted 11 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Wow! This made my ears perk up!
Posted 11 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
First time I've ever commented on RP but this'll get me motivated - definitely hearing YES in here and its all YES! YES! YES!
Different, quirky, cool.
Ta v. much for the intro.
Posted 11 years ago by georgelmathieson    [ Reply ]
 with a dash of alan parsons maybe?

bpkengor wrote:

nope.  but i do hear some SuperTramp-ish vocals
 


Posted 11 years ago by ceicilbee    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is the same band that does "Civilian." I like both songs, that one a bit better, but they are very different from each other. I definitely hear the "Yes" influence here.
Posted 11 years ago by grungepuppy    [ Reply ]
Excellent trio of songs!

Gorillaz - Empire Ants > David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones > Wye Oak - Spiral
Posted 11 years ago by Minimally    [ Reply ]
 rockpommel16 wrote:
....anybody hear yes/j.anderson?......

 
I do.. Later 80s Yes.. I like it !
Posted 11 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]

cool trance music...  dig it...
 
interesting— the band's name Wye Oak refers to the former state tree of Maryland...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Pleasantly surprising
Posted 11 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 spotcheckbilly wrote:
Yes!!!! This was my upload. If you like it, check out their other albums.
 
LOVE it, thanks!
Posted 11 years ago by bhallmark    [ Reply ]
Quite nice —and nicely trippy...perfect!  Surprised by the unknown previous history of this group...chalk it up; another cool new RP find!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Wake me when it's over ...
Posted 11 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
Yes!!!! This was my upload. If you like it, check out their other albums.
Posted 11 years ago by spotcheckbilly    [ Reply ]
 paraclete wrote:
Anyone else hear the B-52's in this?
 
nope.  but i do hear some SuperTramp-ish vocals
Posted 11 years ago by bpkengor    [ Reply ]
Anyone else hear the B-52's in this?
Posted 11 years ago by paraclete    [ Reply ]
 richrosen wrote:
Kinda Tangerine Dream-ish
 
Just what I was about to say.
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Kinda Tangerine Dream-ish
Posted 11 years ago by richrosen    [ Reply ]
I really like it! The vocals have a little too much delay and reverb, but great track. I generally prefer less processing on vocals (Dido is a perfect example, no effects at all). Some of the vocal processing Peter Gabriel used with Genesis on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was interesting, but it generally lasted just for a line or verse.  
Posted 12 years ago by krysthal    [ Reply ]