“Sometimes it happens you are walking on the boulevard and the sunshine comes from foliage of trees and you start surfing in your thoughts. You start to focus your attention to one specific issue, and then you jump from one event to another, from one person to another, from this to that. Listening the sweet harmonies of Kramies‘ ‘The wooden heart‘ is like walking on the riverside in a sunny day, with the river on your left and trees on your rights, the sunshine reflecting on little waves of the river, the wind in your hair, the river in your ears.
‘The Wooden Heart‘ mines a wonderfully rich seam of atmospheric yet epic songcraft that Kramies has made his own. From the throbbing ambient introduction of ‘The Beginning’ through to the delicate folk of ‘The Ending’, Kramies’ new EP covers vast emotional and musical terrain during its 23 mins run-time. The title track’s windswept grandeur is married to an emotional directness that demands your attention and doesn’t let go, ‘Sea Otter Cottage’ sways and swoons with an almost unbearable poignancy, and ‘Clocks Were All Broken’ both alludes to and embodies this music’s timeless appeal.”