{"id":3241,"date":"2015-11-03T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2015-11-02T23:43:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T04:43:31","slug":"wickerbird-the-leaf-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2015\/11\/03\/wickerbird-the-leaf-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Wickerbird, The Leaf Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wickerbirdgreenmtn\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a little while since we last checked in<\/a> with Wickerbird<\/a> (Blake Cowan), and in that time he’s made some more music, inclding his most recent release, The Leaf Maker<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

His sound is still dream-folk, but these songs seem more . . . mature, I guess. Better constructed, perhaps; the instruments blend seamlessly with the samples of birdsong and rushing water to create an atmosphere of reflective melancholy. <\/p>\n

That makes the whole thing sound grim, doesn’t it. This is not a grim record! Sad and lovely, yes; depressing, no. It is, I think, comfort food for souls who do not especially mind being left to their own devices for extended periods of time. <\/p>\n

For example, here’s The Coppice\/A Haunting<\/i>, which sounds like a late afternoon walk by a creek running high:<\/p>\n