Anand Wilder | I Don’t Know My Words | Green | Vinyl LP -

Wilder\u2019s reputation as a talented multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter emerged in the Brooklyn indie rock scene of the late 2000s, where he joined his bandmates in painting on the eclectic palette of synths, strings, and harmonies that defined Yeasayer\u2019s acclaimed psychedelic worldbeat and swerving electro-pop experiments. With I Don\u2019t Know My Words, Wilder torques his multi-instrumentality away from electronica and global genre-hopping and makes it a lonely lockdown challenge. Ten songs, in braided strands of English folk revival, Topanga Canyon jangle, and desert blues licks, offer taut documents of a gloomy hour of collective confinement, but also elegant proofs of folk rock songcraft\u2019s inexhaustible machinery. Wilder reveals vulnerable moments of pandemic panic and addresses the challenges of love and dedication as he follows New York\u2019s path through the worldwide emergency, and as he confronts the personal, political, and professional reckonings t.