MUSIC REVIEWS

Review of "Wailing Bones Volume 8."

Appeared in Dream Magazine issue #8, March 2008. Thanks, George.

Anvil Salute do an organically charmed nearly twenty minute drone-based piece that's overflowing with microcosmic details. Lots of subtle percussive elements, along with bass (or bass drum), electronics, drums, and massed muanced tribal clattering.

"From the Deepest Depths of a Bottomless Light" Compilation.

We're mentioned in passing during a review for this compilation over at Animal Psi. You can read the entire review by following the link, but here's what is say about us:

"Other highlights include... Anvil Salute’s Fuck It-grade raga “The Hell of the Same” (I’ve only heard one other track by this outfit, a killer from a Foxglove ‘Wailing Bones’ comp, but they absolutely need to record more often)."

These are reviews of Gold Leaf Branches where we are mentioned in passing.

From Fakejazz.com:
"Next comes the truly wonderful though not very well known Anvil Salute balancing an open circular guitar riff that picks up slide whistle, trumpet and violin in its infectious parade. This is one of those tracks that ought to make people stand up and notice these guys."

Lee Jackson at his blog, womblife, describes "Vines Through The Window" as "gentle folk drift."

LIVE REVIEWS

From POP, the Norman Transcript's entertainment weekly. This appeared in the Friday, May 19, 2006 issue. It was a review of the show we played with Sunburned Hand of the Man & Whale. This is only the portion of the review that pertains to us, but you can read the entire review here.

"Subtlety is certainly Anvil Salute's greatest weapon, and it's one they are not afraid to use. Starting with pure silence and eventually drifting into a soothing drone of pretty sounds, Anvil Salute utilize a smorgasbord of instruments including homemade noisemaking devices, various percussion and an instrument that resembled (or may have actually been) a sitar. Of course, more traditional instruments like drums and guitar are used readily onstage, but not in their naturally intended purpose.

The result is both beautiful and slightly scary, as Anvil Salute would probably make the perfect soundtrack to one's own death."