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I take back what I said last year (upthread) downloaded to the lighthouse a few weeks ago and fell in love with the song. Now listening to Wind in the Fires, and Side A is fantastic.

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 28 February 2005 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I can't stop listening to patrick wolf.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Just watching a video of a gig on www.fabchannel.com
It's amazing.

I'm still listening to the album. It's probably been the most longterm obsession for an album since my 2 months obsession with Chutes Too Narrow.

― jellybean (jellybean), Thursday, 5 May 2005 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I have decided that maybe Wind In The Wires is missing a lot of I thought made Lycanthropy so fantastic and gleeful, it does feel very much like it was made for Grown Ups and I don't think he necessarily benefits from this. Lycanthropy had the chanting and momentum and the shrieking and things, initially I welcomed their absence from WITW as he seemed to be reining in his petulant self-indulgent bits. Now I think perhaps these bits = the hooks and colour. There are so many tracks on the first album that I go back to again and again because they had moments where they totally soared, WITW has maybe three or four that I eagerly anticipate but I find myself sitting through the rest just to get to these, it is very Medulla-ish in that there seem to be a few really wonderful centrepiece tracks and then lots of little sketchy bits to break them up.

But, I still like it very much, it is ideal for middle of night or similar. And he is still great, very. I think I just want him to go back to making very shiny smeary pop songs, which is what I tend to want everyone to do.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

WITW has maybe three or four that I eagerly anticipate but I find myself sitting through the rest just to get to these, it is very Medulla-ish in that there seem to be a few really wonderful centrepiece tracks and then lots of little sketchy bits to break them up.

Definitely, there's not a bad track on it but it's the same three or four that I find myself really anticipating and constantly having in my head. The title track being the main one. A lot of my favourite bits are in the little brief sketches between songs as well.

― Fergal (Ferg), Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually think it's a lot better than Lycanthropy. And Lycanthropy was fantastic. "The Gypsy King" and "This Weather" in particular are rather stunning and breathtaking and gulp-in-the-throat astonishing.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 5 May 2005 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

I went to see him last night, and was amazed by his talent - he really brought the songs on WITW to life and played like a mad flamoyant demonic thing.

The only problem was that I'm starting to think less and less of those songs, which all seem to build up and then go nowhere.

Also: "I've just come back from a show, where the PA blew up (kinda) and he kept playing." -- jellybean (jellybea...), March 4th, 2004.

This happened last night - a year and a bit on!! Sort it out, son! The mix was horrible at last night's gig too (and this is coming from someone who doesn't generally notice these things). Patrick could happily sing WITHOUT his microphone half the time, let alone one cranked up to 11.

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Friday, 3 June 2005 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i find him to be very melodramatic live. too theatrical for me. but I like his album and yes he is hot

― breezy, Friday, 3 June 2005 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm all for a bit of melodrama, in the right measure. And let's face it, the subject matter is fairly weighty. But there was something that really grated about his voice last night, and I suspect it was, as i said above, the sheer volume.

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I wish he would play the US for once.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

he has!

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Really? When?

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't know about the rest of the country, but he played mercury lounge and pianos in new york city a little while after lycanthropy was re-released...

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Shucks. If only I'd known. :(

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 3 June 2005 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

I tend to be suspicious of sensitive singer-songwriter types. But after much thought, I finally gave in and bought WITW. Now I think I'm in love.

― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Is he gay? Oh who cares... these songs are blowing my mind right now.

― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

It's a good album, that. Should listen to it again here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe the guy's only a year older than me. I feel so...talentless.

― Roz (Roz), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

None of that. Just means you have yet to find the means to properly astound the world.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

AND YOU HAVE ONE YEAR TO DO IT.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 3 July 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

You're on.

― Roz (Roz), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Roz on the march! The world shall tremble!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

And wheeze...

― Roz (Roz), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

I still can't get enough of this dude, btw.

― Roz (Roz), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

I still need to find the first album of his.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 3 July 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

Holy Jesus. I was kind of underwhelmed by Lycanthropy after the initial shock wore off, and so I put off listening to Wind in the Wires. And I know it's the obvious pick and has been drooled over already, but "The Libertine" has got to be one of my top ten songs of the decade so far. No, fuck that, top five. Maybe even top three. What I am trying to say is I love this track very much and would like to do unspeakable things to it. DISCO HORSES Y'ALL. Awesome.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

"The Libertine?" Really? It's great, but I prefer "Tristan," "Gypsy King," "This Weather" and maybe one or two others... and "A Boy Like Me" from Lycanthropy is excellent as well.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)

Oh, don't get me wrong- those, and really everything else on the album, are fantastic; it's just that "The Libertine" grabbed me by the crotch and has yet to let go. It's a combination of the hooves/pounding kickdrums/electrical crackling beat and the Edward Gorey by way of Dickens lyrics. "Tristan" is a close second.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

i want to say really nasty things about his looks. but is the music actually that good? i'm afraid yet intrigued so far.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)

I want want want to hear some of his stuff but I'm afraid he will sound too indie w/not enough goff-pop. (The fact that Ned likes it eases my fears, though)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Because I have finally got to grips with YSI (and CRUMBS it does seem to take several lifetimes to work, usually) - some Lycanthropy bits:

"Paris": http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DOSD2NE92DCE1GKDV7FKWUUDS

"Bloodbeat":
http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2BP9EXXLB4MWY3EZ3HKBVUZBIP

I think I still love these more than anything from the second, although it is relatively close. Both of these are arguably more fizzy than anything off WITW though, so, they win, for me.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

thx. its different from what i expected - way more pop and less faux innocent boy crap. "paris" sounds very strokes-ish, atleast in singing style. he's still a bit annoying for me though.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

TWEE ROBBERY

― jared!!, Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Tweebbery.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

That is really old news.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

he's supporting bloc party for half of their u.k tour, unfortunately not the half with the show i'm going to.

― Richard Brown (aerosolique), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Hmmm. Going into my top ten votes for Pazz and Jop, I conclude.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 30 October 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Excellent.

He's absolutely spell-binding live, if you get chance to see him at a decent, small venue.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 October 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

Midge Ure unplugged.

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 31 October 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

i had the pleasure of meeting him once. about 7 foot of him. sweet funny guy. very talented. got this kind of aryan beanpole thing going on, ridiculously good looking although i want to make it absolutely clear that i'm not a gayer.

― john clarkson, Monday, 31 October 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

momus, you obviously haven't heard his first album.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

"I was once a booooooooooooooooy / until I CUT MY PENIS OFF!!!!!" being a sample lyric from his first record.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Haha.

I finally tracked down a copy of 'Lycanthropy' and now concur with Alex in Doncaster. 'Wind in the Wires' is still great but I think I prefer the demonic shriekfests and skittery beats, thanks.

And yes, he is annoyingly pretty.

― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

My girlfriend absolutely adores the lanky bastard.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I should point out that he's a clear foot taller and considerably fresher-faced than I am.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'd still hit it. :p

But not before I suppress the irrational urge to slap him as I always do with unbelievably good-looking (and don't they know it!) guys.

― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Roz with her good-looking male friends:

"Hi!"

"Hi Roz! Don't hit me!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Haha.

Besides, I don't have any ridiculously good-looking male friends. Maybe that's the problem. Hmm...

― Roz (Roz), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

reviving this thread because i periodically fantasize about patrick wolf's feet dangling off the edge of my bed, and because his new album, the magic position, is due out hopefully soonish. i'm going to go ahead and make what i think is the first joke about this album title, in that i would gladly find the magic postion with him. har. i can't wait to hear it. i hope he isn't gay so i can at least slightly more realistically pretend i could someday live in a castle in ireland with him or something, but if he's gay that makes him even more wonderful somehow.

the more i listen to both lycanthropy and wind in the wires, the more i love them.

― Emily B (Emily B), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:28 (twenty years ago)

i think he is as gay as that fantasy poos guy

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

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Love the whole EP but really "Dodona" is just incredible.

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 17 August 2023 22:33 (two years ago)

Wow, this is really good stuff. His voice has a David Sylvian quality. Excellent arrangements.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 18 August 2023 00:03 (two years ago)

one year passes...

yes!

https://www.stereogum.com/2295617/patrick-wolf-announces-first-new-album-in-13-years-crying-the-neck-hear-dies-irae/music/

― moral ziosk (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 4 February 2025 22:25 (one year ago)

Glad to have him back.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 February 2025 05:37 (one year ago)

one month passes...

looking forward to the new one— i just relistened to Night Safari for the first time in a year or so, and it still hits.

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 5 March 2025 17:18 (one year ago)

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/on-the-night-safari-by-patrick-wolf/

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 7 March 2025 06:08 (one year ago)

hey, coincidence— i just listened to this for the first time in over a year, and it remains a stunning piece of work. i still think “Dodona” is the most effective track for me— “i shall give no more to the hollow” and “happy birthday to the never get out of this now” still make me tremble when he sings them— but i appreciate this write-up. thanks for sharing…. with one quibble: the EP is five tracks, not four!

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 7 March 2025 12:05 (one year ago)

oh and of course i got a lyric wrong, the happy birthday line is from Nowhere Game, not “Dodona.” i guess “Dodona” seems to showcase his voice the most, which might be why i adore it

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 7 March 2025 12:06 (one year ago)

I think I forget Acheron is a track in its own right!

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 8 March 2025 06:58 (one year ago)

three months pass...

Crying the Neck out today and very, very good so far.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 June 2025 21:42 (one year ago)

love the few tracks i have heard, waiting to get home to download and listen properly

― czech hunter biden's laptop (the table is the table), Sunday, 15 June 2025 18:32 (one year ago)

as fgti notes upthread, his voice truly has become something else as he’s aged

― czech hunter biden's laptop (the table is the table), Sunday, 15 June 2025 18:33 (one year ago)

His voice might have aged but looking at the sleeve he doesn’t seem to have aged.

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 15 June 2025 18:35 (one year ago)

Having seen him live a month ago, he definitely has, but he’s also very obviously clean and healthy now. He looks very well.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 15 June 2025 18:54 (one year ago)

We met up a couple times last year. He looks fantastic and is super physically active down in Kent, also, swimming and running a lot. Just the loveliest man imaginable.

― God only knows what I'd be without me (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 15 June 2025 20:06 (one year ago)

The album is marvellous and I am so, so happy for him.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 15 June 2025 21:35 (one year ago)

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/patrick-wolf-crying-the-neck/

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 15 June 2025 22:11 (one year ago)

Interview in the Times today; reveal of two documentaries coming out about him. One short album making of, one feature length.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 16 June 2025 13:33 (one year ago)

the second one narrated by Tilda Swinton!

― Roz, Monday, 16 June 2025 13:51 (one year ago)

two weeks pass...

Have been playing this his a huge amount over the last couple of weeks, alongside his back catalogue, and this isn’t just a strong comeback, I think it’s his best record, right up there with WITW. Genuinely really awesome.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 30 June 2025 18:36 (eleven months ago)

listened for the first time today, and i think it’s his best, too.

― czech hunter biden's laptop (the table is the table), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 00:37 (eleven months ago)

(tho i hate the Zola Jesus collab track, only weak point on the album afaic)

― czech hunter biden's laptop (the table is the table), Tuesday, 1 July 2025 00:38 (eleven months ago)

As someone who’s dealing with how to process several years of quite intense and prolonged trauma, this album(and The Night Safari) is an absolutely incredible thing.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 10 July 2025 23:24 (eleven months ago)

one month passes...

Saw him at the Minack near Lands End last night, doing Wind in the Wires (plus all his other songs about standing on cliff tops). The moon was up, you could hear the waves on the rocks. Astonishing.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 6 September 2025 14:55 (nine months ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/07/patrick-wolf-review-minack-theatre-cornwall?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

It was all that and more. His sisters vocals on Teignmouth were astonishing.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 7 September 2025 10:36 (nine months ago)

It sounds/looks incredible. After all this time, I do think WITW holds up as his masterpiece - Teignmouth is def my OPO Wolf

― technopolis, Sunday, 7 September 2025 10:47 (nine months ago)

Photos look amazing, once in a lifetime event. I wonder if date was picked so there’d be a full moon.

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 7 September 2025 14:15 (nine months ago)

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/patrick-wolf-at-the-minack/

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 September 2025 10:06 (nine months ago)

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/patrick-wolf-at-the-minack/

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 10 September 2025 10:07 (nine months ago)

one month passes...

^whoa!

― moral ziosk (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 28 October 2025 17:18 (seven months ago)

nowhere so scenic, but turns out i'm seeing him twice this week. first time(s) since 2009 :O

― moral ziosk (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 28 October 2025 17:20 (seven months ago)

Saw him last night. Spectacular show. Encore of “Last of England,” for which I have a new respect.

― the notorious r.e.m. (soda), Tuesday, 11 November 2025 12:09 (seven months ago)

great song. really nails the dramatic ending as well

― Sgt. Biscuits, Tuesday, 11 November 2025 13:15 (seven months ago)

three weeks pass...

I admit that upon a few further listens, I do think this is his best work, but I also don’t think his work is for me. Seems like Night Safari was an anomaly.

― a tv star not a dirty computer man (the table is the table), Tuesday, 2 December 2025 02:13 (six months ago)

five months pass...

New song The Beast released to streaming platforms this week.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 30 May 2026 06:10 (two weeks ago)

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