WYE OAK

often overlooked and always brilliant, the fifth album by this duo combines invention and melodicism to surely put them in league with the likes of angel olsen, Sharon van etten, and broken social scene.

this is their most gripping and powerful set of songs to date, built with melodies, movement, and emotions that transcend even the best of their catalogue. The result is the biggest, broadest, boldest music they’ve ever made, always sung with disarming clarity and constructed with surprising adventure. “Wye Oak have become one our most gifted, mercurial, unpredictable indie rock bands… ‘The Louder I Call’ is an ambitious album, but it’s a deeply felt one, too” album of the week - stereogum