The first album in the LITTLE WINGS "Wonder" trilogy, "The Wonder City" was recorded during a month long sojourn to New York City by Kyle Field and Whitney Moon. With a suggestion from Will Oldham, Kyle Field, the mind and heart behind the seed of LITTLE WINGS, took this batch of songs to the small apartment studio of M.B. Christensen.Quiet spaces, intimate breaths and city bus brakes in the distance are casually documanted on this first work dealing with memories new and old. "The Wonder City" tugs at the listener with simple melodies and paints vivid scenes with Field's strong lyricism and sense of abstract storytelling. Simple tambourines and nylon stringed guitars make the most of their utility, serving to create a minimal soundscape where less ... read more