Refractory Obdurate

About twelve years ago David Eugene Edwards? new band Wovenhand (Woven Hand in the beginning) showed it?s first sign of life with their self-titled debut album. His main band 16 Horsepower was still active at that time, but their three members - David Eugene, as well as Pascal Humbert (bass) and Jean-Yves Tolà (drums) were slowly drifting apart. Yet in the same year they still managed to release "Folklore" a blistering album and their studio swansong. Long since has the former solo-project stepped out of 16 Horsepower?s ||long shadow. Wovenhand so far released seven albums that made the old fans happy, won new ones and progressed tremendously as a band. "Refractory Obdurate" is a moving masterwork that shows Wovenhand exploring louder roots hinted at on prior albums.