This six-piece folk-rock outfit from Glasgow formed in 2008, initially as Woodenbox With A Fistful of Fivers. The inclusion of saxophone and trumpet within their sound did mark them out as a bit different from many of their contemporaries, and there was fair bit of buzz around them when debut album Home and The Wild Hunt was released on Electric Honey Records in 2010, with the band invited onto the bill of a number of festivals and making an appearance at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas in 2011.
About a year later, the name was shortened to Woodenbox and plans were revealed for their new material to come out on the then relatively new Glasgow label, Olive Grove Records.
Two more albums would follow, End Game (2013) and Foreign Organ (2015)., before Olive Grove, in 2020, re-released the long out-of-print debut on its 10th Anniversary.
A lot of people whose tastes I admire and appreciate did their best to convert me into a fan, but it never quite happened. I’ve only a couple of songs on the hard drive, courtesy of them being part of compilation CDs, including one made and sent over by Phil Hogarth, long-time supporter of the blog, from which this is lifted:-
mp3: Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers – Twisted Mile
You can tell from the fact it’s when the band had the longer name that this one comes from the debut record.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 