Year Of The Witch

2012 album from the Indie band led by Wade Ryff. Apart from Wade, the band consists of Breanna Wood, Garth Herberg, Lucas Ventura, Devon Lee, and Oliver Hild, all of whom knew each other prior to joining Races. Still, nothing could anticipate it all coming together for Year of the Witch. What sunk in was the effortlessness of it all. Above all else was a chemistry that just couldn't be faked or brainstormed during 'band business meetings.' They attribute their work ethic to their humble surroundings, spending entire days honing their material in a Chatsworth studio because, well, what else are you supposed to do in the Valley? at it's core, there are plenty of sad songs and Wltzes - 'The Knife,' 'Walk Through the Fire,' and 'All for You' all have a melodic and lyrical directness befitting their origins as Ryff's solo work. But as Ryff admits, 'I didn't want to play music that's just a sappy guy on an acoustic guitar,' and Races flesh them out to swoon with dramatic grandeur and earthen rusticity behind Ryff's plaintive words.