Product Description

Ten untamed and mercy-drenched songs. From jarring folk to eerie bossa nova to fiery foot-stompers, the album forms a song-cycle that's singular in its breadth and eclecticism. The music of Wovenhand is utterly unique, dizzying those who encounter it, with turnings and lashings of shadow and light.

Track Listing

1. Beautiful Axe
2. Horse Tail
3. Not One Stone
4. Cohawkin Road
5. Iron Feather
6. White Knuckle Grip
7. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
8. Kicking Bird
9. Kingdom Of Ice
10. His Loyal Love
11. Ten Stone Drone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93031 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .17 pounds

Customer Reviews

A fantastic return to form.
Don't let the title of this review mislead you, I love David Eugene Edwards work as both Woven Hand and 16 Horsepower. With his self-titled debut as Woven Hand, DEE set a precedent for combining the hillbilly twang from 16 Horsepower and introducing some newer underlying layers of sounds. His next two formal releases tended to explore more of the layers and abstract, especially with Mosiac, creating an album that is hard to digest apart from listening as a whole. Still, they were brilliant in their own respect. With Ten Stones, David has returned to the 'rock' element that was found on both the self-titled and 16 horsepower's swan song, "Secret South".

This release and Shearwater's 'Rooks' will definitely battling it out for top album of 2008 on my list.

Ten Strong Stones!
Music: On this Woven Hand outing the music is slightly changed. This release resembles David Eugene Edwards former band Sixteen Horsepower more so than any other Woven Hand record. There are fewer drones and more straight up instrumentation. This is not a bad thing though. The music on Ten Stones is good. It has more of a rock sound than previous albums. This probably because it was recorded live in the studio.

Vocals: David Eugene Edwards vocals are as haunting as ever. That tortured soul sound is still there. There always seems to be a sadness in his singing.

Lyrics: Biblical imagery abounds as usual. DEE paints pictures with his words. In "The Beautiful Axe" he says "joy has come/it rises with the son/He the highest on the horizon". And in "Not One Stone" he wails "behold the lamb/behold the lamb/given for us/made curse for us".

Packaging: Digi-pack with lyrics included. Nice packaging as usual.

Conclusion: This is a great record. Woven Hands music is unlike anything else out there. And that is a good thing in this day and age. I highly recommend this record. If you like music that sounds like a rock band decided to use instruments from the Appalachian mountains you will like this. Stand out tracks- "The Beautiful Axe","Horsetail","Not One Stone","White Knuckle Grip","Kingdom Of Ice".

BEST YET
Took several listens, but I now consider TEN STONES my favorite Wovenhand album. Always-fascinating lyrics; great and powerful music.