We the Wintering Tree [CD]

For the better part of a decade, Kentuckys Foxhole has sought to create music that speaks from"and to, and of"the soul. And nowhere is that pursuit so potent as on their debut full-length album We the Wintering Tree. Foxholes sound has generally been classified instrumental post-rock. The interplay of guitars, bass, and trumpet atop a barrage of deft percussion has brought comparisons to instrumental bands such as Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, and Do Make Say Think, though the offering on We the Wintering Tree is much more diverse than those comparisons might indicate. It is the beautiful trumpet backbone that sets them apart from others in the post rock genre, the horn tones filling the melodic space of a guitar amp or the voice of an absent singer.