Four years ago Wymond Miles, guitar player and songwriter in San Francisco’… Read Full Bio ↴Four years ago Wymond Miles, guitar player and songwriter in San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys, began writing solo material thematically based on the concepts of eschatology, anthroposophy, and Gnostic and Hermetic symbolism. Drawing from a vast musical pool of inspiration, including Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt, Arvo Part, and Nikki Sudden amongst others, Earth Has Doors is Miles’ first solo release. Since beginning Miles had basically shelved these songs to attend school, focus on fatherhood, and commit to the demanding schedule of the F&O’s. He earned a degree in humanities with an emphasis on the philosophical implications of the ecological/economic crisis of our times, and that subject matter can be traced throughout his first EP. These songs concisely yet esoterically document the existential crisis of our current epoch — moving from the nothingness of modern materialism, fragmented reductionist thought, and drug escapism to a world imbued with subjectivity and meaning through a new relationship with the Earth and cosmos as alive and full of inherent intelligence.

Wymond describes his early writing process: “For the first time I had a sense of place, and a reverence of humility for my surroundings. I was full of wonder, but I felt very small, and went inward to begin the work of writing.” He elaborates, “Sonically the mood had to reflect the somberness of moving between the existential chaos of my twenties into this new perspective of living … The mysterious hues of the soundscape reflect a sense of curiosity and possibility in the canyons of sound.” Working in his home studio and using 8-track tape (the infamous Tascam 388), Miles performs almost everything on this record: guitars, synths, bass, drums, manipulated tape delay, and vocals. A few friends played with him, guesting on drums (“Hidden Things” and “Earth Has Doors”) and viola (“As the Orchard”), while his wife Sarah sings some harmonies on side A.

Cut Yourself Free assembles another convergence of moonlit romantic swagger and post-punk massacred urgency. Again self recorded and produced to tape, Miles’ song-craft has emerged more refined and poignant, benefitting from the avalanche of his frenzied live shows, but also adhering to a more minimalistic fashion with crooning mid-era Nick Cave or Bowie/Roxy Music strains of pop-modernism. But what stands at the forefront is Miles’ command of his textural guitar and vintage-synth sprawl that on his choosing can open dream-like vistas, or pierce with an engine’s snarl. Turning to the narrative, Miles weaves each song with its own vignette of story line, often with a vaguely obscured protagonist/antagonist dialog. Relationships in Miles’ sketches are always tangled, if not licentious affairs, but are presented more as lustrous gateways to mend and revitalize rather than squalor in.

White Nights
Wymond Miles Lyrics

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Hendersin Damn, this is what it's come to? Getting paid for the…
Kalazh44 White Nights, steig ein, wir tanken bleifrei Ich sitz' wiede…
Kalazh44 & Capital Bra White Nights, steig ein, wir tanken bleifrei Ich sitz' wiede…
Karate Guns & Tanning It's midnight Pink twilight Ice biting You're inciting White…
L.porsche 오랜만에 yeah, yeah 달력을 펼쳤더니 이제 추운 겨울 (ooh-whoa) 누구나 같진 않지만 다…
Linebug The birds flew in, then came the light It all…
Oh Land Ooh ooh oh Has it been a day or a week? As…
Psychic TV you know how much i love you i give you all…
The Agony Scene Choke back the lies that you've been fed. Bleed for your…

The Postelles I won't go, I won't stay 'Til you give me a…
Youngblood Supercult There's a killer inside of us all, baby Just longing to…

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