Feb 13, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
” “Expansive”, “widescreen”, “windswept” – all of these words have been used to describe the latest EP from Kramies, and very accurate they all are too. The lead single and title track The Wooden Heart is at once cinematic and comforting and, despite its name,...
Feb 10, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
“ohio by way of the netherlands singer/songwriter kramies has already had some auspicious signs for his dreamy new release, ‘the wooden heart’, out now on hidden shoal recordings. with the help of folks like jason lytle and todd tobias, kramies, a...
Feb 5, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
“This record has three things going for it: 1. It is being released by Hidden Shoal, one of the best labels around putting out dreamy pop music. 2. Folks involved with Guided by Voices and Grandaddy have helped with the production. 3. The recording quality is...
Jan 29, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
“Dutch-American singer-songwriters may be in relatively short supply, although if the Jason Lytle-inhabited five minutes to comprise Kramies Windt’s Sea Otter Cottage suggest anything, then it’s that we perhaps ought to be aware of way more of them. So long as...
Jan 28, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
[Translated excerpt. Read the full review in French here.] “… this EP is folk, velvet, intimate, a rich work in minor tones, we see touches of these people and that the creator is actually so and so so and so helped by another and another ( you can see the...
Jan 28, 2014 | Kramies Reviews, Reviews
[Translated excerpt. Read the full review in French here] “Built on a base dark and melancholic pop, these six songs enjoy a delectable atmospheric character that is reminiscent of the old inspirations of the genre. On the fly, we instantly think of Mercury Rev,...
