photo: terri loewenthal

Freeze-Die-Come to Life

1. Winter Streets
2. Gray Day
3. The Passenger II
4. Autumn Ashes
5. Goodnight
6. Angel of Light
7. First Rain
8. The Passenger I
9. Sing To Me
10. All My Days Are So Cold

Antenna Farm Records is proud to present the debut album from Michael Talbott and The Wolfkings, a ten track song cycle that is making converts out of each new listener. Recorded by Scott Hirsch and MC Taylor (of the Court and Spark), Freeze-Die-Come To Life is an ornate masterpiece that combines Baroque Pop, British Folk, and Eno/Lanois influenced atmospherics to make a new genre all it's own.

Following Michael's departure from the Winter Flowers , he set about assembling the ultimate backing band for a set of new compositions. The Wolfkings would assist in capturing an atmospheric sound that while acoustic in nature, could not be confined by the trendy 'Freak Folk' tag. And they have suceeded with an album that is much more aligned with the terrestrial darkness and intensity of early Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake than the cosmic whimsy of Marc Bolan, Vashti Banyan and their latter day imitators.

Recorded over the course of a year at the Court and Spark's studio in their SF Mission compound, the album boasts contributions from a who's who of Bay Area musicians, including Tom Heyman, Zoe Keating, and Nino Moschella. They have come together to make an evocative album unlike any other, full of sober reflection and ecstatic expression. It is an album of quiet anthems that will haunt long after the music stops.

Album Credits

Michael Talbott: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Pennywhistle
MC Taylor: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Hi-strung Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Pump Organ, Harmonium, Shruti Box, Vibraphone, Piano
Scott Hirsch: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Electric Bass, Hammond Organ, Pump Organ, Harmonium, Farfisa, Mellotron, Piano, Vibraphone, Ukelele
Luke Top: Pump Organ, Harmonium
James Kim: Drums, Percussion, Bells, Triangle
Steve Adams: Upright Bass
David Graham Taylor: Trumpets
Patrick Main: Piano
Tom Heyman: Pedal Steel
Zoe Keating: Cellos
Dick Bright: Violins
Nino Moschella: Additional Drums and Percussion
Ryan Fitzgerald: Additional Percussion

Album Artwork and Layout by Nathaniel Russell