DOWNLOAD: The Wilderness of Manitoba – Orono Park
The Wilderness of Manitoba—a band, in fact, from Toronto—makes gentle, quiet folk music without sounding precious. On “Orono Park,” there are restrained banjo fills, bright harmonies, and a structure that works pretty faithfully within traditional themes. The song never quite rises above a whisper. It’s easy for a band that’s mining such familiar territory to sound like a parody, but this five-piece sound too pretty to be anything but a pleasure to listen to.
