LINKS:
Nature Tape Limb

REVIEWS:
"267 lattajjaa heräsi henkiin ja ilahdutti ihmiskuntaa julkaisemalla The Wooden Cupboardilta CD-R:llisen musiikkia. Animals Speak The Spirit Tongue sisältää pilvituokion säestystä iltanuotioillenne paikallisen heimonne riittitilaisuuksiin. Sävy on enimmäkseen tumma mutta muuttuu valoisammaksi ja toiveikkaammaksi lopussa. Ei tarvitse siis edes pelätä pahaa trippia." Jaakob Karhu

"begins with some random clattering, howling and guitar string pulling and gradually builds into a gloriously tripped-out ecstatic wailing drone piece" Boa Melody Bar

"Carrying forward ever deeper into the experimental we come to the pineal gland ripping music of The Wooden Cupboard on 'Animals Speak The Spirit Tongue'. Almost beyond music into a howl at the nightsky, the music wolves would make. From the worryingly quiet chimes to the terrifyingly intense calls, this unbroken music comes together into surges of crescendo. This is the sound of nature rebelling, calling out to their ancestors to reclaim the ground. Here we have a music that seems unhuman, more beast than man. Animal calls to the moon that put a chill in the heart of every person walking back home across the fields." Lord of Misrule, Unbroken Circle

"The moral to Animals Speak the Spirit Tongue is that you have to do a lot of mediation before you can achieve Zen. The album's first three songs and 18 minutes are relatively confrontational and atonal, but once you break through those songs, the last six minutes are beauty and bliss. The album starts with "Crystal Agony" where sustained tones from feedback create an Eastern European folk vibe. The clarinet creates a slide-whistle type sound as tribal hand-drumming and distorted chants and ohhms create tension. This tension gives way to "Eternities Diamond Prison Syst," where muted screams, scratches, and banging haunt the space. "Enternity Has a Landlord" begins the transcendence, as chimes and meditative guitar create pleasant tones underneath a hailstorm of clatter. The last two songs, "Spirits and Retribution" and "Walkin' Gilded Coals," are the blissful end to the album. In the first, a fluttery flute floats on top of a bellowing cloud of keyboards. The soft sounds melt into each other, creating a gentle, free glide. In the latter, a clutter of clanging keyboards, chimes, and metal percussion creates a dense but pleasant bed of texture. The wyrd folk version of "Acknowledgement"/"Resolution"/"Pursuance"/"Psalm"? 10/12" Jim Steed, Fakejazz