Peter Wolf Crier - Inter-Be

Bon Iver’s success hasn’t exactly inspired a run on the Eau Claire scene, but people are definitely paying more attention to it – and to bands like Peter Wolf crier. Peter Pisano and Brian Moen started their basement folk duo in Wisconsin and now, based in Minneapolis, they have released Inter-Be, a fuzzed-out take on roots-rock. At times they are simple and catchy (as evidenced by tracks such as “Crutch & Cane” and “Down Down Down”), but all is not so straightforward. There’s an uneasy mood throughout, an almost dark enthusiasm that permeates the tone. There is also a slightly chipped and dented aesthetic, heightened by subtle percussive nuances, all of which make Peter Wolf Crier’s “folk-rock” tag rather beside the point. It appeal will depend on how much you’d prefer your folk rock to sound like folk – or, for that matter, rock.