Print this pageWelcome to the Droneworld
They face the light, but carry darkness on their backs.
They achieve harmony by combining these forces.”
-Laozi
Following two self-released CD-Rs which scraped the underbelly of the avant-garde, The Ten Thousand Things return with their third blast of blackened folk. Released as part of The Lotus Sound’s Handmade Series, The Ten Thousand Things continues along the band’s path across the tangled terrain of the droneworld.
Recently relocated to Athens, Georgia, multi-instrumentalist Wes Covey is this time joined by Savannah, Georgia’s psychedelic dreamstress Jessica Calleiro (uncle owen aunt beru), who blesses ‘The Song’ with vocals, drums and weather. Ben Peck, a native of Covey’s birthplace deep in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom adds scorching vocals to a retelling of the traditional ‘Who’s Gonna Be Your Man?’
On the remaining six songs, Covey utilizes his palate of guitars, bass, samples and various percussive instruments to create a series of compositions that face the light more than previous releases, while still holding the darkness at their backs.
Those who’ve had their ears perked by the sounds of Six Organs of Admittance, Pelt, Hala Strana and likeminded folk destroyers will want to set aside some time to give this slab a spin. Mostly, though, anyone interested in blending folk forms with drone experimentalism and the shivering blackness of doom will find want to free their minds to the sound of The Ten Thousand Things.
Even in silence, there is noise…
The Ten Thousand Things expressed as Experimental Doom Folk. A combination of stringed instruments, hypnotic vocals and ambient drone combine to show us the audio vision of composer Wes Covey.
Man Alone - The Ten Thousand Things - 10:26
This City/This Town - The Ten Thousand Things - 5:33
Librarian - The Ten Thousand Things - 11:47
Return of the Psychonaut - The Ten Thousand Things - 6:23
OMNIL - The Ten Thousand Things - 7:26
Mantra - The Ten Thousand Things - 7:12
All Is Nothing Is All - the Ten Thousand Things - 8:04
Listen to OMNIL
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