Ancient Warfare, Modern Post-Rock Sounds

Kentucky-based singer/guitarist Echo Wilcox is haunted by voices – sometimes these voices will briefly emerge, half-heard in the background static, but more often they are unheard and unseen, part of the dark background in Ancient Warfare’s cinematic album, The Pale Horse. Wilcox’s stories may be love songs of a sort – but they seem to be as much about the landscape as the people in it. It is a noir-ish, American landscape; but don't mistake Ancient Warfare for an Americana band. Multi-instrumentalist Emily Hagihara (who’s played with Jim James) and classically-trained violinist Rachael Yanarella seem to have taken a page out of the post-rock playbook, with arrangements that build into grand and gothic climaxes. Click the link above to hear the band play live versions of their expansive songs.