We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Early Worm

by Wren Kitz

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Early Worm via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 250  3 remaining
    Purchasable with gift card

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • T-Shirt/Apparel

    limited edition Early Worm T-shirt with original concept drawing by Dylan Jones (hologramceiling.com). Printed by Beezer Printing on organic cotton T-shirts by Alternative.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 50  3 remaining
    Purchasable with gift card

      $18 USD or more 

     

1.
2.
Shrouds 03:32
3.
Sophie 02:38
4.
5.
6.
Sky of Words 03:26
7.
8.
Georgie 08:12
9.
Hexed 01:30
10.
The Boot 00:38
11.
Yum 02:37
12.

about

"Having explored a lot of Southern Vermont-based artists over the past decade and a half, it now seems time to cast our gaze northward. From the cold shores of Champlain comes the music of Wren Kitz, a singer and guitarist from Burlington VT. Unlike much of his earlier work, which falls into what might be called a “progressive/experimental folk bag,” Early Worm documents a harder sound. As Mr. Kitz says, “It's my rock n roll album.” And he ain't kidding. While some of the tunes were initially developed in a solo setting, their final realization was accomplished by a four piece band with cellist Lauren Costello, bassist Ross Doree and drummer Rob Voland.

The sound on Early Worm is a natural and louder progression from Wren's most recent album, the NNA cassette, Dancing on Soda Lake. One notable point of departure is Rob's drumming -- more formidably rockoid than his predecessor's. The wailingness-factor of Wren's guitar tone has also been upped by the gift of a new wah-wah pedal. His guitar now has a stuttering rawness that makes for a beautiful contrast with the sweetly flowing vocal melodies, which bear vestiges of Valentine, Vile and Young. The sound of Early Worm careens around wildly. Parts of the songs are tightly controlled compositions with traces of folkier times, but these often dissolve (eventually) in an acid bath of wonderfully berserk guitar chaos. Trying to reconcile the pieces can make your brain overheat, so don't try.

Just sit back and enjoy the rich madness of Early Worm. Its roll is not something you've heard before. Get used to it. Or get burned."

- Byron Coley

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Wren Kitz plants ululating tremors of feedback, and as he beckons them forth and encourages them, he wades in and allows himself to be carried; not away, but in concert with. This is a difficult thing to achieve; most of us, upon eliciting the positive loop gain, have to accept that we have no control, and it often will float away or burst like a bubble. Wren is a surfer, and the best surfers are artists in their own right. He also is adept at speaking to and with old tape machines, threading his effortless falsetto in and out of the adventurous treatments, and coming out on the other side with a song; it's needlepoint really, of the highest order.

Early Worm, his latest effort for Sophomore Lounge, is not a mere example of these aforementioned superlatives, but a culmination of hard work and songcraft. Wren is an empath, from a long line of beautiful big-hearted people, and for him to sufficiently be able to translate his empathy and thoughtfulness into music is nothing short of a gift. As he says within, "...Come in, come in..."; you will be glad that you did."

- Eric Gagne

credits

released December 11, 2020

Wren Kitz - Guitar, Vocals
Rob Voland - Drums
Lauren Costello - Cello
Ross Doree - Bass

Background vocals by Ryan Power & Jake Brennan
Organ played by Rob Voland & Ryan Power

Recorded in March 2019 by Ryan Cohen at Robot Dog Studio in Williston, VT.
Additional recording by Wren Kitz during the spring/summer 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Ryan Power at Perfect Pet in Brooklyn, NY

Album art by Dylan Jones (hologramceiling.com)

Special Thanks to Ryan Davis at Sophomore Lounge Records, Ted Lee & Byron Coley at Feeding Tube Records, Christopher Noris & Oliver Kupper for graphic design, Abbey Meaker, Noah Burton, Paddy Reagan & the Waking Windows family, and to my parents, Lois & George Kitz for your endless love and support

Thanks for listening

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Wren Kitz Vermont

Wren Kitz is a song writer and field recordist based in Burlington, VT. Wren's unique and personal style of music has been informed by blending traditional guitar-and-voice songwriting with field recording and tape collage experimentation. In attempt to develop a ghostly and contemplative form of musical expression, Wren has begun to ponder ways to break down walls between genre categorizations. ... more

contact / help

Contact Wren Kitz

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Wren Kitz, you may also like: