Premiere: The Way Down Wanderers Head Home on Folk-Rollicking ‘Wildfire’ Video

Leading with soul is quick validation of authenticity, as true passion is nearly impossible to synthesize. That’s part of what makes The Way Down Wanderers such a refreshing listen – their propulsive rhythms and rich harmonies expand upon the folk Americana thrust of their sound, evidenced in full on their eponymous debut album, set for release on July 15 (pre-order). 

The Peoria, IL collective recorded their LP at Sonic Ranch in Texas, engineered by Grammy winner Jerry Ordonez, and mixed by multiple Grammy winner Neil Cappellino, and with appearances by Michael Duchette (accordion on “Silver Days”) and Old Crow Medicine Show’s Critter Fuqua. Produced by The Avett Brothers’ Mike Marsh, the album runs the down-home dirt-road gamut from bluegrass through barn-burning folk rock and beyond.

Crave is proud to premiere the band’s new video for “Wildfire” filmed in The Way Down Wanderer’s hometown by friends, in backyards and various other familiar settings. Surrounded by loved ones, the boys deliver an encapsulation of the radiant energy of their nucleus, the core of love and home from which they all spring.  

“‘Wildfire’ speaks to this sort of inherent human drive to always be moving forward to the next best thing,” explains vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Collin Krause. “It kind of addresses the idea that it’s never quite what it seems once you get there – that the people you’ve known for a long time and the places and experiences that are familiar will always pull you back. to me, that’s where true happiness and fulfillment can exist.”  

Pre-order The Way Down Wanderers on the band’s official site, and keep up with the boys on the day to day via Facebook / Twitter.

Tour dates:
  May 5, 2016 | East Side Club | Madison, WI
May 6, 2016 | Missipi Brewing Co. | Muscatine, IA
May 7, 2016 | Codfish Hollow Barnstormers | Maquoketa, IA
May 8, 2016 | Maquoketa Summer Concert Series | Maquoketa, IA
May 13, 2016 | Music and Monarchs Festival | Elkader, IA
May 14, 2016 | Music and Monarchs Festival | Elkader, IA
May 20, 2016 | Fiddle & Bow Folk Music Society | Winston-Salem, NC
May 21, 2016 | The Evening Muse | Charlotte, NC
May 22, 2016 | Artsplosure | Raleigh, NC
May 27, 2016 | Summer Camp Music Festival | Chillicothe, IL
May 29, 2016 | Buses by the Beach | West Olive, MI
June 3, 2016 | Silver Star Cafe | Park City, UT
June 4, 2016 | Mendon Mountain Music Festival | Mendon, UT
June 8, 2016 | Sam Bond’s Garage | Eugene, OR
June 9, 2016 | Brewminatti | Prosser, WA
June 10, 2016 | The Green Frog | Bellingham, WA
June 11, 2016 | Morso | Gig Harbor, WA
June 12, 2016 | Columbia City Theater | Seattle, WA
June 17, 2016 | DG’s Tap House | Ames, IA
June 18, 2016 | Fiesta del Sol in Central Park | Hannibal, MO
June 19, 2016 | The Stage at KDHX | St Louis, MO
June 23, 2016 | CEFCU Center Stage @ The Landing | Peoria, IL
June 24, 2016 | Moccasin Creek Festival | Effingham, IL
July 7, 2016 | Short’s Brewing Co. | Bellaire, MI
July 8, 2016 | Blissfest | Harbor Springs, MI
July 9, 2016 | Blissfest | Harbor Springs, MI
July 10, 2016 | Manitou Music Festival | Glen Arbor, MI
July 14, 2016 | US National Whitewater Center | Charlotte, NC
July 15, 2016 | Little Yough Music Festival | Oakland, MD
July 16, 2016 | Private Event | Columbia, VA
July 17, 2016 | The Charter House | Midlothian, VA
July 22, 2016 | Riverwalk Cafe & Music Bar | Nashua, NH
July 28, 2016 | The Dock | Ithaca, NY
July 29, 2016 | The Grove | Saratoga Springs, NY
July 31, 2016 | Sportsmen’s Tavern | Buffalo, NY
August 3, 2016 | Gen Con | Indianapolis, IN
August 4, 2016 | Woodlands Tavern | Columbus, OH
August 5, 2016 | The Ludlow Garage | Cincinnati, OH
August 6, 2016 | Poor Farm Fest | Williamsburg, WV
August 11, 2016 | Redstone Room @ River Music Experience | Davenport, IA
August 12, 2016 | The Longbranch | Clifton, IL
August 19, 2016 | Hoxeyville Music Festival | Wellston, MI
August 20, 2016 | Rock the Farm | Morton, IL
August 26, 2016 | Porcupine Mountains Music Festival | Ontonagon, MI
August 27, 2016 | Porcupine Mountains Music Festival | Ontonagon, MI

 

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