Wickies: The Wickies
Wickies: The Wickies
Format: VINYL LP
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Artist: Wickies
Label: Ba Da Bing
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 600197020814
Genre: Rock
Quinnisa Kinsella-Mulkerin recorded her first song at five years old with her parents, who comprise the adventurous Maine band, Big Blood. Ever since the age of five, she was writing songs, banging on chimes, strumming guitars, and clanging together whatever else she could find. Improvisation was natural, and she stuck to the approach. Kinsella-Mulkerin brings this innate sense of songwriting to The Wickies, a duo she formed with Aiden Arel a year ago at age 16, whose chill approach and fluid delivery belie true inventiveness in the underneath mechanics.Inspired by seventies folk icons like Stevie Nicks, Krautrock bands like Can, and modern indie-rockers like Alex G, The Wickies feel like an amalgamation of these decade-spanning sounds, but uniquely their own. Kinsella-Mulkerin's voice croons like a seventies folk star, but it possesses a great and controlled tone. Her vocals feel like another instrument within the mix, building and growing each song to it's fullest sound, leaving no detail within the mix unheard. Their use of echoing guitar lines recalls sixties psych, a springboard for their unique take. Kinsella-Mulkerin's lush, free-flowing lyrics, created on the spot, complement Arel's fleshed out backing instrumentation and over-dubbing. Quickly, the pair created more material than they ever needed, allowing them to mold their recordings into a self-titled debut album. Like a painter crafting the perfect exhibition of their finest work, Arel and Kinsella-Mulkerin condensed their improvisations to all the best parts. Tracks like "Campfire Song" and "Skipping Pond" exemplify the ethereal and lackadaisical atmosphere of their sound. "I keep finding these weird, obscure bands from the seventies that have one album and nothing else, which is awesome," Kinsella-Mulkerin says, "I want my music to sound like somebody found it in a record store that no one has ever heard of and uploaded it to YouTube. I want it to sound a little strange."
Tracks:
1.1 1. We Tried
1.2 2. Used To Be My Man
1.3 3. It’s Probably Nothing
1.4 4. Skipping Pond
1.5 5. Campfire Song
1.6 6. Baby Maria
1.7 7. Flower Moon
1.8 8. Children
1.9 9. Rest