The Wiyos

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The Wiyos

In 2012, The Wiyos released their fan-funded concept album, Twist, a 14-track eclectic musical collage loosely based on The Wizard Of Oz. Twist is undoubtedly The Wiyos' strongest and boldest work to date. Of course, The Wiyos are mostly known for their amalgamation of "old timey" sounds, but on Twist the band lets their late 20th Century upbringings creep in with their vintage sensibility. Scotland's The Herald reviewed one of the 2012 release shows of Twist in Glasgow and called it [everything from] "junkyard blues to Cuban neighbourhood via surf song harmonies and backwoods Appalachia... a fascinating travelogue"

Other reviewers write of Twist:
• "Revelatory original songs" -Chicago Tribune
• "A surreal Americana opus-Big Pink meets Pink Floyd." -Chronogram Magazine
• "Sounds a bit Lennon/McCartney, circa the Summer of Love" -AmericanaUK
• "Wonderful, weird and at times scary - it's well worth checking out!" - Bruce MacGregor, BBC Radio
In 2013 The Wiyos (Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber and Sauerkraut Seth Travins) return to their roots, leaving some of the electricity of the Twist tours in the studio and reintroducing Michael's legendary washboard. The Woodstock Times writes "the fact that it is getting harder to pigeonhole their style(s) is perhaps the best indicator of their growth." They have been continually unveiling new material and re-interpreting their own 6-album catalogue.

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