Inter-Be

Writer's block is like wandering through an endless desert. Feelings of frustration build up and emotions of yore resurface before you stumble upon an oasis and your barren page fills up. This is what happened to Peter Pisano. After the Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter took a break from his band War Of 1812, he went through a dry spell. But this creative draught proved to be a transition period, for he rapidly penned a series of songs, called his pal Brian Moen and together they formed Peter Wolf Crier.

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Feeling inspired one evening last summer, Minneapolis' Peter Pisano sat down and drafted most of Peter Wolf Crier's debut release, Inter-be, in one sitting. Over the following months, he continued to craft and shape the songs, eventually sharing them with friend and engineer Brian Moen, who added percussion and background layers. The resulting album stretches beyond the promise of both Pisano’s former work as Wars of 1812 and Moen’s time with Laarks to include a greater sense of melody and a more focused notion of development. In fact, there’s an uncanny sense of urgency in the way each of these tales progresses from modest beginning to peculiar end.

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