Following the critically acclaimed Blood Oaths of the New Blues, James Jackson Toth a.k.a Wooden
Wand decided to try something different: instead of spending a week in a studio with the same
people, the same engineer, the same equipment and the same state of mind, he would record in
fits and starts, whenever - and wherever - he felt like it, Over six sessions in four studios spanning
three states, he began amassing tracks, Toth then chose his favourites for Farmer's Corner, which
is, remarkably, the very first self-produced Wooden Wand album, Aided on the majority of the tracks
by bassist Darin Gray (On Fillmore, Jim O'Rourke, Grand Ulena ), and guitarists William Tyler
(Lambchop, Silver Jews, Yo La Tengo) and Doc Feldman, The result reflects Toth's omnivorous
musical and narrative obsessions, The arrangements - think Little Feat covering Harvest Moon -
only serve to highlight his capabilities as both a songwriter and storyteller, The collected songs form
an easy entry into the ever-growing Toth output, where outlaws on the run, epic landscapes, endless
travels, agitated insomniacs and ditch-digging memory-evaders lurk behind every turn.
"this is the sound of one musician's prolific and mercurial path, reaching delightful new highs."
Pitchfork 7.9
