Album Of The Day: The Work Tapes EP by Wilder Woods

Album Art of Wilder Woods's The Work Tapes EP - A very large, thick black frame covers the edges, but it's so thick it covers about a quarter of the surface. In the middle, there's a photo of a chubby little kid with a white shirt and a small black suit coat over it with buttons down each side of the front. The kid has a big smile and blonde hair with a bit of a bowl cut look. It looks like he's photographed standing in front of a door. Around the edge of the photo is a small white matte edging. Above the whole photo and even extending into the frame is masking tape right across the middle horizontally, with 'the work tapes ep' handwritten on it in pen.

Released 5 years ago last week, this is the first EP from Wilder Woods, the solo pop/soul artist name of Bear Rinehart, who is better known as the lead singer of Needtobreathe. To me, these recordings sound like fully-recorded and produced songs, but the fact that they are listed as "Work Tapes" seem to indicate they are in some ways rough versions of songs. Maybe they're a bit more stripped down than what he might have on an album, but it's certainly not "rough" by any means. Lyrically, the songs are mostly love songs, like much of Wilder Woods's other work, and it's mostly pop, though with a mix of rock, soul, etc. from this Southern Rock veteran with a bit of an occasional country streak. It's just an EP, so it's a quick five tracks, but it's some good stuff.

Release Year: 2021
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