its hard not to listen to the deep dark woods’ winter hours and not feel something, anything. the album’s tones of despair, regret, and pure shit luck make for a pretty heavy record, but like will oldham, you will actually find hints of the opposite if you give it a chance to sink in. the lack a defining time frame as to when it was recorded was one of the first things that struck me most about winter hours. there is nothing about this record to suggest that it was recorded in 2008 and not 1958 or 1938. sure the production values are above and beyond those era’s, but musically and lyrically its quite timeless. to put it plain and simple, this is just a pure and honest record with a hell of a lot of heart.
winter hours was released via black hen music
farewell
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