Little warrior ep, 2009

In 2009, Anonymous Monk released the Little Warrior EP. Produced by long-time K Records engineer, Ben Hargett (Lake, Arrington de Dionyso), the album’s eight songs span the musical map – from reverb-drenched epics to tender folk ballads. Though many of the songs are serious in tone, the album has an almost playful feel due to the range of material and the instrumental interludes that give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the recording process. The album’s title track is the nexus that holds the EP together. A methodically woven folk song that builds into dizzying vocal rounds, it’s solidity providing a backbone for the entire collection of songs. Little Warrior gives the first signs of Murray experimenting and pushing the bounds of modern folk music. The band for Little Warrior includes Pamela Margon on violin, Ben Kamen on electric guitar, Austin Cooper on drums, Giselle Garcia with backing vocals on “little warrior”, Ben English on organ, Ben Hargett with bass on “the fox”, and Nick Botka with bass on “teach me”. Little Warrior was recorded by Ben Hargett at the Bargett Box in Olympia, WA.

“Little Warrior is a little more off-the-cuff than For Cedar, though; not necessarily a cohesive album, but loose in the way I feel an EP like this should be. There’s more of her standard, minimal folk, there’s a big epic, and then there’s the title track. What starts as a fairly innocuous-sounding folk song builds into an intense hypnosis of rounds and harmonies that makes my mind run marvelous circles.” -Letters With Mixtapes

Little Warrior is available on CD and as a digital download.