Recommendation: 16 HORSEPOWER/WOVEN HAND

[einride]

I did a quick search, and to be honest I was entirely FLABBERGASTED by these bands not having really been discussed in RC, ever. I thought this stuff was PRETTY OBVIOUS to everyone, but apparently not..?

16 HORSEPOWER was a dark/gothic alt-country/rock band from Denver, Colorado. Unsettling, deeply Christian lyrics of the fire & brimstone persuasion, but ultimately some very beautiful music.









16HP eventually split up; one of the guys formed a band called LILIUM which is fortunately less Christian but which I won't cover here, and vocalist, multi-instrumentalist & songwriter David Eugene Edwards formed WOVEN HAND. It's basically 16HP but generally less rocking, more introspective & experimental, and less country/americana but more European folk. Still deeply, profoundly Christian. Lyrics well-written from often pretty abhorrent points of view. Beautiful music.









This is the only band that gets away with writing Christian music. If you don't like this you are wrong, I don't care how much you worship the Devil. Even MARDUK covered these guys.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

Both great bands and hopefully everyone checks them out.

 

[NAD]

Pretty good stuff, don't think I've heard any of this before. Pretty hilarious recommendation tactic as well, good show!

 

[ChaosLee]

16 Horsepower may be my favorite recommendation of yours, mindboggling as that is. Also, I don't bother with most lyrics anyhow so whatever they're blatthering about means little to me.

 

[einride]

yeah more people need to hear this, i don't know wtf

 

[Reign in Acai]

I checked it out a week ago, didn't feel confident commenting on one passing listen. I'll check it out again in the next few days.


Note to everyone - I'm checking out every reco, so you're sweat will not go unwarranted.

 

[neal]

liked the 16 horsepower tracks, listened to them and others several times this week