Little Wars (album) explained

Little Wars
Type:	studio
Artist:	Unwed Sailor
Cover:	Little Wars (album).jpg
Released:	2008
Genre:	Instrumental rock, ambient
Label:	Burnt Toast Vinyl^[1]
Prev Title:	The White Ox
Prev Year:	2006

Little Wars is an album by Unwed Sailor.^{[2] [3]} It was recorded between December 27, 2002 and November 7, 2007. The album was released on April 1, 2008, by Burnt Toast Vinyl.

Critical reception

PopMatters called the album "geometrically precise yet warmly organic, serenely unperturbed but with a bubbling undercurrent of mirth," writing that "this is what might happen to post-rock if you put it in a warm corner of the garden and allowed it to grow."^[4] Exclaim! called it "instrumental post-rock covered in molasses ... the pace is lethargic, barely creeping beyond a plod."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Copper Islands"
2. "Little Wars"
3. "The Garden"
4. "Aurora"
5. "Campanile"
6. "Echo Roads"
7. "Nauvoo"
8. "Lonely Bulls"
9. "Numeral"

Personnel

• Stalactite Oracle Studio Session (December 27–28, 2002)
  • Jonathan Ford
  • Matthew Putman
  • Matthew Depper
  • Brooks Tipton
  • Nic Tse
  • Jeff Shoop
  • James McAllister
• Ester Drang Studio Session (mid-2004)
  • Jonathan Ford
  • Aaron Ford
  • Brooks Tipton
  • Stephen Tucker
  • Bryce Chambers
  • James McAllister
  • Matthew Magee
• Little Wars Blackwatch Studio Sessions 1 and 2 (October 12–19, 2007 and November 5–7, 2007)
  • Jonathan Ford
  • Nic Tse
  • Matthew Putman
  • Brooks Tipton
  • Matthew Depper
  • Patrick Ryan
  • Andrew Haldeman
  • Ryan Lindsey
  • Chad Copelin

Notes and References

1. Web site: btv083 Unwed Sailor : Little Wars | BURNT TOAST VINYL.
2. Web site: Unwed Sailor | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Sailor, Take Warning: Unwed Sailor. www.washingtonpost.com.
4. Web site: Unwed Sailor: Little Wars. April 13, 2008. PopMatters.
5. Web site: Unwed Sailor Little Wars. exclaim.ca.