Orlando, FL’s Henrietta return in 2016 with a new LP, entitled Paper Wings. The album will see an official release on 4/29/16 and is available for pre-order now on Animal Style Records. The band has some upcoming shows on the horizon including a date with Further Seems Forever. All dates listed below.
You can check out a the first single from Paper Wings now. “Arrows” is premiering exclusively on Noisey.
The band recently did an Audiotree session with a mix of new and old songs. You can view that below.
Henrietta released their debut LP, The Trick Is Not Minding, in the Fall of 2014, also on Animal Style. You can stream / download the album on Bandcamp. In 2015 the band acoustically reimagined songs from their debut LP. You can stream / download the digital for The Trick Is Reimagined Acoustic on Bandcamp as well.
Sometimes the most powerful art is as sinister as is it stunning, expressing almost objective splendor even as its shadows loom longer and darker with each exposure. Orlando, FL’s Henrietta has dwelt in desperate beauty for years, but the band embraces the disparity wholeheartedly on Paper Wings, their second LP with Animal Style Records. This is perhaps most effective on side-B’s “In the Back Yard,” a sunny, vernal song whose guitars glitter in brief bursts at the beginning of each phrase while the drums hop playfully as if from rock to rock across some sparkling creek. Even vocalist Manuel Urdaneta’s bright warble adds to a seemingly luminous scene, but his lyrics take a sullen turn. “When I go,” he sings as the song climbs toward its desolate conclusion, “just bury me in the backyard / let the dirt hit my body / and I hope I’ll be happy / by then.” This contrast—the brilliant, soaring songs weighted by their brooding lines—exists throughout Paper Wings, but it’s on “Few Friends,” the album’s delicate closing track, where the disparity is most evident. Here, Urdaneta’s finger-plucked acoustic creates an exquisite foundation for the album’s dark last lines: “Just make sure the noose on my rope / won’t give out. / It won’t fail me now.” Of course, it’s because Henrietta has broadened its already sweeping sound and deepened its already dark poetry that Paper Wings is so powerful. Apart, these distinct sides reveal talented musicians and terrific music; paired together, though, they paint a complex and impressive piece of art. — Dane Erbach
Paper Wings Track Listing:
1. Paper Wings
2. Departures
3. Black & Blue
4. Arrows
5. In the Backyard
6. Opposite Ways
7. Few Friends
Upcoming Shows:
MAR 08: Savannah, GA @ The Bomb Shelter (Acoustic) w/ Hodera
MAR 09: St. Augustine, Fl @ Nobby’s w/ Hodera
MAR 10: Gainesville, Fl @ Nowhere w/ Hodera
MAR 11: Orlando, Fl @ The Social w/ Further Seems Forever & Sinai Vessel
MAR 12: Tampa, Fl @ House Show w/ Hodera
