Troubleman Unlimited
2005
The Flood
About This Album
The Flood is typical modern psychedelic indie folk-rock. Like their more famous peers Animal Collective, the strangely named Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice focus primarily on raw atonal atmosphere, where instruments and voices meander and waver for the sake of mood rather than melody. "The Flood" presents pretty much the entire story. All the bandmembers sing the song in its entirety, with their voices overlapping but no pretense toward harmony. Guitars wail like scratched keyboards, as a musical structure akin to murky soap bubbles emerges over the course of 14 minutes. The song wanders at a snail's pace, at once soothing in its rhythm yet disturbing in its myriad screeching sound effects. The remaining five tracks basically repeat the formula. Whether the album as a whole is a glorious miasma or an unlistenable nuisance is entirely up to the listener. Only die-hard fans of dissonant psychedelic acoustica need apply here. Others won't find the beauty buried beneath the chaos. ~ Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide
Track List (try tracks 3,4 and 5)

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