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Artist: Fern Knight
Title Of Album: Castings
Year Of Release: Nov 2010
Genre: Indie,Rock,Alternative
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: VBR
Total Time: 46:16
Total Size: 76 mb

With its fourth album Castings [forthcoming 2009], Fern Knight has woven an uncommon sound from far-flung musical roots that’s neither freakish folk nor stoner drone. Under classically trained cellist/guitarist/vocalist Margaret Ayre’s unwavering direction, this Philadelphian quartet continues to color her tightly arranged, smartly produced songs with such delightfully arcane influences as Eduardo Bort’s symphonic art-rock, Sourdeline’s progressive folk and old-school metal riffery (horns up!) gracefully. This distinctively elegant sound, coupled with the imagination and integrity of Ayre’s songwriting renders Fern Knight peerless in this age. The lyrical imagery on Castings explores the well-worn memes and archetypes of the Tarot, looking both to the past and the future and notes the disparity between the high promises technology makes consumers and the actual vapidity of modern life. “Cups and Wands” pits two of the suits of the Tarot deck against each other as passivity [cups] vs. action [wands]. The desire of forward motion when feeling stuck in a situation reverberates in the choruses: “It’s suffocating, so supplicating;” this reflects the polarity expressed in these suits and of the modern predicament. “From Zero to Infinity” chronicles the transformation of the Fool archetype into the Magician, and how this template—when played out in our modern-day society—has a dichotomous effect: both good and ill. Musically the songs on Castings reflect the lyrics’ themes and also the environment in which they were recorded—a gothic mansion in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania. Fuzz bass and full drum kit form solid foundations for Ayre’s creative arrangements; dark, lush bowed strings bump up against imposing harp flourishes; her voice is the crowning jewel in every case. After graduating from music school, Ayre (née Wienk) lived a dual life in the noise/art scene of Providence, RI, splitting her time between orchestra gigs and band practices. It was there that the seeds for Fern Knight were sown and the first album was recorded in her living room, Seven Years of Severed Limbs, [Normal Records, Germany, 2003]. After writing and recording cello parts for the Espers’ first album, she decided to move on to Philadelphia to join the welcoming community there, and also to marry new band mate Jim Ayre. Soon they teamed up with harpist/bassist Jesse Sparhawk and violinist James Wolf of D.C. to form the current live quartet. Fern Knight’s sophomore and third releases Music for Witches and Alchemists (CD vhf 2006 / LP Eclipse 2007) and Fern Knight (CD vhf 2008 / LP Eclipse 2009) were recorded in Philadelphia by Greg Weeks at Hexham Head. On these two albums one can hear Ayre’s songwriting, production and string arrangements shine and the band beginning to gel as a group, paving the way for Castings. Praise for the third album Fern Knight puts it this way: Pop Matters: “Fern Knight, like most self-titled albums, is in many ways a statement of purpose. It’s a wonderfully full realization of the many aspects of Margaret Wienk’s abilities, as a songwriter, as a musician and as a storyteller. She’s conscious that great beauty and great darkness often go hand in hand, and deftly balances both throughout her work…” Michael Patrick Brady Fern Knight has toured mainland EU extensively, recently performing in November 2008 at the renowned Tanned Tin Festival in Castellon, Spain. Besides regular east coast U.S. shows, Fern Knight also enjoyed a successful west coast tour in May 2008. In spring of 2009 they will return to the Dances of Vice Festival III in NYC with guest drummer Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls as the headlining act. Ayre also co-wrote with Greg Weeks and others a new soundtrack to Valerie and Her Week of Wonders in The Valerie Project (CD/2LP Drag City 2007) and has lent her playing/arranging skills to many recordings such as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Damon and Naomi and Espers.

1. From Zero To Infinity
2. The Poisoner
3. Pentacles
4. Long Dark Century
5. Cave Of Swords
6. Cups and Wands
7. The Eye Of the Queen
8. Epitaph
9. Crumbling Stairs

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