Wilderness

Personnel: Jen Wood (vocals, piano); Joshua Myers (guitar, synthesizer, background vocals); Steven Aguilar, Jared McSharry, Greg Suran (guitar); Colin Isler (cello); Alex Westcoat (percussion); Andy Myers (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Frank Ciampi.
Recording information: Bearhead Studio; Junkyard Of Dreams; London Bridge; Studio Litho.
Photographer: January Fredericks.
The third long-player from the Seattle-based singer/songwriter who had a memorable duet with Ben Gibbard on the 2002 Postal Service hit "Nothing Better," the New Granada-issued Wilderness finds the Pacific Northwest songstress offering up an evocative, largely piano-based set of ten new originals that skillfully blur the line between folk and pop, while introducing a flurry of electronic elements into the mix. A bolder and more adventurous outing than 2010's more intimate Finds You in Love, Wilderness finds Wood pushing herself both lyrically and musically into largely uncharted territories. ~ James Christopher Monger