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Wymond Miles
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Wymond Miles

Genre: Alt / Indie, Indie Rock
Origin: U.S.A
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Biography

During 2008, as San Francisco's the Fresh & Onlys prepared Grey-Eyed Girls and Play It Strange, guitarist Wymond Miles devoted spare hours to songwriting on his eight-track Tascam recorder at home. Influences such as Scott Walker, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Robert Wyatt shaped the material, which he performs and records solo yet renders as thick, melancholic layers of guitars, drums, bass, synth, and dreamy vocals drenched in cathedral reverb. Although recording and touring with the Fresh & Onlys consumed the bulk of his schedule, 2012 brought the release of his debut EP Earth Has Doors, soon followed by the full-length Under the Pale Moon. Sacred Bones issued both projects, and the label also handled his next effort, the swiftly finished 2013 album Cut Yourself Free. Miles divided work on the subsequent record between his home studio and sessions with producer Phil Manley at El Studio in San Francisco. Departing from earlier psychedelic and new wave leanings, 2016's Call by Night relied chiefly on piano—the first such instance for Miles—and explored an expanded palette that included sea shanties, expansive ballads, and gospel. Sacred Bones released the album in July.

Top Songs

  1. Under the Pale MoonPale MoonUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon3:35
  2. Under the Pale MoonSinging the EndingUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon4:16
  3. Cut Yourself FreeNight DrivesCut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free4:06
  4. Call by NightDivided in TwoCall by Night · 2016Call by Night4:00
  5. Under the Pale MoonStrange DesireUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon3:13
  6. Under the Pale MoonRun Like the HuntedUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon4:06
  7. Earth Has DoorsHidden Things Are Asking You To Find ThemEarth Has Doors · 2012Earth Has Doors4:57
  8. Cut Yourself FreePassion PlaysCut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free3:25
  9. Cut Yourself FreeThe CurseCut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free4:13
  10. Earth Has DoorsEarth Has Doors, Let Them OpenEarth Has Doors · 2012Earth Has Doors5:12
  11. Cut Yourself FreeThe AscensionCut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free5:32
  12. Cut Yourself FreeLove Will RiseCut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free3:08
  13. Under the Pale MoonYouth's Lonely WildernessUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon3:52
  14. Under the Pale MoonThe ThirstUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon4:17
  15. Under the Pale MoonYou and I Are of the NightUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon4:17
  16. Under the Pale MoonLazarus RisingUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon4:05
  17. Under the Pale MoonBadlandsUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon3:59
  18. Under the Pale MoonTrapdoors and LaddersUnder the Pale Moon · 2012Under the Pale Moon3:21
  19. Cut Yourself FreeWhy Are You Afraid?Cut Yourself Free · 2013Cut Yourself Free3:17
  20. Earth Has DoorsTemples Of MagickEarth Has Doors · 2012Earth Has Doors4:44

Albums

Singles & EPs