The Wooden Birds are giving away their three song 'Two Matchsticks' EP! The free EP includes the title track from their great new 'Two Matchsticks' full length plus two unreleased covers treated with the understated and beautiful care that only The Wooden Birds can give to the two classic gems, Hall & Oates "Maneater" and Kenny Rogers' "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town."
The Wooden Birds frontman Andrew Kenny (American Analog Set, Broken Social Scene) breaks down the “Maneater” inspirato as such: Hall & Oates get a lot of play in our van. On a tour with the Clientele in 2010, this gem was our regular warm up song at soundscheck. Over time, the goof grew into something that we worked on improving every night. We'd jam through our soundcheck so we could pop the collar on the chorus for "Maneater." And this is where we wound up. A 4-way standoff with nobody learning how to play saxophone. C'mon!
For “Ruby,” Kenny says “It was an after-show karoke party outside of Detroit when drummer Sean Haskins burned down the place down with his tender rendition of this Kenny Rogers classic and it sparked The Wooden Birds desire to play this proper-like as a band.” And that's just what they did. When Kenny pleads “For godssake turn around” at the end of the song, it's downright chill inducing.
You can hear all three unreleased tracks for free below. In exchange for an e-address, you can bonus out with a download of all three tracks AND get a big discount on a pre-order of The Wooden Birds 'Two Matchsticks' LP which includes featured guests Ben Gibbard of Death Cab and members of Ola Podrida.
And be sure to catch The Wooden Birds all star summer tour featuring Andrew Kenny (AmAnSet, BSS), Matt Pond (Matt Pond PA, Wooden Birds), Leslie Sisson (AmAnSet, Matt Pond PA), Sean Haskins and Chris Hansen (Matt Pond PA).
'Two Matchsticks' will be available June 7th on Barsuk.
THE WOODEN BIRDS ON TOUR
6/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room (all ages)
6/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (18+)
6/18 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar (21+)
6/19 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place (all ages)
6/23 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern (21+)
6/24 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir (21+)
6/25 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill (all ages)
7/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (21+)
7/9 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders Brewery (21+)
7/10 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake (all ages)
7/11 - Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo (all ages)
7/12 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott (18+)
7/14 - New York, NY @ Mercury (21+, 8pm)
7/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rock Shop (21+)
7/16 - Washington, DC @ DC9 (all ages)
7/17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl (21+)
7/20 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk (all ages)
