oe, patrick wolf. somebody sent me three songs (the libertine, tristan and some other track which title is somewhere lost in the grey mass) which i liked. is the cd you have good too in your opinion or..?
Well both the Libertine and Tristan are tracks from the Wind in the Wires album. I'll give you a short description of the two albums he has released.
Lycanthrophy (2004):
This album is insanity. It's pretty manic in comparison to the other one, much stronger electronic beats, and it gets really creepy in various parts, especially the track The Childcatcher, which is a song based on Patrick Wolf's experience of being raped as a child. It's almost like a concept album on how you know, he (or yourself) grows "claws" and turns into a wolf life throws lots of shit in the fan. This album sends home a message from the title song "Let no foot mark your ground, let no hand hold you down." It's volitile, it gets from sentimental to enraged, but it's pure creative genius. It's in my top 5 albums of all time.
Standout tracks: Pidgeon Song, the Childcatcher, Paris
Wind in the Wires (2005):
It's the first Patrick Wolf album I came across, and I liked it very much, but I still believe that Lycanthrophy is superior to it. It's more focused on the "folk" part of his folk/electronica description, the electronic beats take more of a backseat position, and the mood mellows out into more of generally melachony/sentimental. This album is more about loss and is filled with more cohesive imagery. It's quite a pretty album. And it's probably the most accessible of the two.
No matter what you decide you check out first, you better check both of them out at one point or another. They are very different, and yet still oh so very awesome.
