Wolf!
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“Wolf! was born from a need to just play music—to get the blood flowing,” says guitarist Scott Metzger about his new instrumental trio. “We do it to stay in shape creatively, but it’s also a hell of a lot of fun.” With a busy schedule of stage and studio work with people like Anders Osborne, Stanton… more →
“Wolf! was born from a need to just play music—to get the blood flowing,” says guitarist Scott Metzger about his new instrumental trio. “We do it to stay in shape creatively, but it’s also a hell of a lot of fun.”
With a busy schedule of stage and studio work with people like Anders Osborne, Stanton Moore, Kelli Scarr, Erik Deutsch, Adam Levy, Eric McFadden, and Jason Crosby, Metzger has enjoyed taking over bandleader duties.
“Playing with and becoming friends with these musicians has influenced this music and given me the confidence to go out and front a guitar trio playing the kind of music I have always wanted to play,” says Metzger. “That’s where it’s at.”
Wolf! allows Metzger to show a musical side that fans of his more rock-oriented bands like Bustle in Your Hedgerow, Some Cat From Japan, RANA, and the Gene Ween Band might not have seen before.
“In Wolf!, we play country, boogaloo, soul, blues, western swing, and more,” says Metzger. “It’s all music I’ve always played in my living room or rehearsal space but never in public.” The band proudly wears its influences on its collective sleeve, not attempting to fool anyone. “We’re definitely old school kinda guys,” explains Metzger.
Recently, the band, which includes Jon Shaw on bass, and Taylor Floreth on drums, logged some time atSpaceman Sound in Brooklyn and the NYU Clive Davis recording building to record demo tracks. “These are just sketches of ideas,” says Metzger. “We’re a VERY young band and I guess we just want to give people an idea of where we’re coming from.”
While the band doesn’t expect to get signed from these tracks (“Does ANYONE get signed anymore?,” asks Scott), Metzger wanted to “document the beginning of something that will be going on, hopefully, for a long, long time.”
You can download their studio-recorded tracks here. The download includes two full tracks and four half tracks—again, they are just sketches of ideas.